As a youngster in Lincoln, Nebraska, I stood before the statue of the president gracing the west side of the towering state capitol and soaked up the words of his Gettysburg Address, inscribed on ...

It was an address for the ages. The speech was short — just over 700 words. Lincoln, who was 56, spoke slowly. Even so, the address probably lasted only six or seven minutes, White wrote.

Some have invoked the words of one figure in particular ... When the New Yorker suggested extensive revisions to Lincoln’s inaugural address, the president-elect took note.

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 ...

Following Edward Everett’s Gettysburg oration of two hours, President Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address composed of ten sentences with 272 words in two minutes. Attendees of event greeted sho ...

Lincoln’s words were overshadowed by those of the previous speaker, Edward Everett, whose two-hour speech preceded Lincoln’s brief, two-minute address. But those present at the dedication of ...

When the New Yorker suggested extensive revisions to Lincoln’s inaugural address, the president-elect took note. Lincoln believed that the speech was perhaps the last hope of averting civil war.