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Abraham Lincoln's Legendary Gettysburg Address Promised 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People'
President Abraham Lincoln offered a short but seminal vision of the past and promise of the United States in a speech known as the Gettysburg Address. The brief speech—just 272 words arranged ...
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Richard Bammer: Lincoln’s words, an oath of allegiance, a prayer for the future?
Lincoln’s words embody what it means to be presidential. The address famously begins with “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived ...
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Letter: Lincoln's wisdom from his 2nd inaugural address
On one wall is inscribed the Gettysburg address. Tourists usually stand and read it ... However, amid the talks of ending the Russia/Ukraine war, Lincoln’s words about ending the U.S. Civil War stand ...
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Lincoln's presidency began with worry reaching all the way to Rochester
Mounted cavalry troops lined the streets from the president-elect’s hotel to the Capitol, and sharpshooters stood on rooftops ...