"The historical keynote of the war" Topic
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| Tango01 | 07 Mar 2015 10:33 p.m. PST |
"Charles Francis Adams was one of many Americans who stood in front of the Capitol 150 years ago to hear Lincoln deliver his second inaugural address. "That railsplitting lawyer is one of the wonders of the day," Adams wrote a few days later. "Once at Gettysburg and now again on a greater occasion he has shown a capacity for rising to the demands of the hour." He believed the speech would be "for all time the historical keynote of this war." Lincoln himself expected his speech to "wear as well as —perhaps better than—any thing I have produced," even though it was "not immediately popular."…"
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| SgtPain | 08 Mar 2015 4:28 p.m. PST |
Thanks for posting Tango, I found the article very interesting and enjoyable to read. |
| Tango01 | 08 Mar 2015 11:34 p.m. PST |
That's make my happy my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
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| jaxenro | 10 Mar 2015 10:29 a.m. PST |
I was reading Shelby Foote the other day essentially Lincoln's rational for war was to protect the peoples right to live under a government of their own choosing by forcing them to live under the government of his choosing. Never been a Lincoln fan |
| GoodOldRebel | 10 Mar 2015 10:49 a.m. PST |
The deification of Lincoln is as strange to me as is Lee's ..they were both real people, noble and flawed |
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bases them up.