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    long-conflicted morality of slavery. Four months after the particularly bloody battle at Gettysburg‚ Lincoln gave a speech that was only ten sentences and 272 words and was recited within three minutes. Despite being so short‚ the message of the speech resonated with the people of the Civil War and still is quoted by people today. Through one of the most important speeches of our history‚ The Gettysburg Address‚ Lincoln commemorates the dead and wounded

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    Gettysburg the Speech

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    [Date] The Gettysburg Address Introduction Gettysburg Address is one of the important dictations of values that provided much needed direction for the future leadership of the United States. It shaped the societal values and beliefs of the country. This assertion can be affirmed with the speech ’s enduring presence in the US culture. Notwithstanding its noticeable place cut into stone units on the south divider of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the Gettysburg Address is every now

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    people didn’t even listen but what he said was; that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech‚ but rather to continuing to fight for the idea’s they gave their lives for. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was giving during the dedication ceremony for the soldiers that lost their lives in Gettysburg. The civil war was still in place during that time‚ and when Lincoln gave his speech he went back and referred to the begging of America. He goes back and he says that war is to fight for America

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    Gettysburg

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    Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania between July 1st and July 3rd‚ 1863. Gettysburg is often portrayed as being the supposed “turning point” of the war‚ as the Union‚ led by General Gordon Meade defeated the Confederacy‚ led by General Robert E. Lee. Lee began the second campaign of the war‚ aptly named “The Gettysburg Campaign” after his success at the battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia in May of 1863. He hoped that while he

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    In the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln it is about him trying to say sorry about how the people died and is talking about it in 3 different ways. It is about the past‚ present and then the future it is 271 words long and only in three paragraphs written in Pennsylvania. Based on the union of the battle and the southern. All together 51‚000 troops died‚ union 23‚000 union troops die and then 28‚000 southern troops die. This letter is talking an apology and explanation of their deaths to their

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    Although The Funeral Oration of Pericles was written around 431 B.C.E. in Athens‚ Greece and Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address was written in 2013 in the United States of America‚ they address many similar topics. A few of these topics consist of civic duty‚ world leadership and dedication. These similar topics can be seen many times throughout the two speeches even though the speeches were made for different reasons. Pericles’s speech eulogized the Athenian soldiers who died in the war against

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    Pericles Quotes

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    Pericles Quotes Relative to the Greek Salon Questions 1) Roles and duty of an Athenian Citizen: • • • “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” “An Athenian Citizen does not neglect the state because he takes care of his own household; and even those of us who are engaged in business have a very fair idea of politics.” “Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas

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    Funeral

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    Introduction A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating‚ respecting‚ sanctifying‚ or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead‚ from interment itself‚ to various monuments‚ prayers‚ and rituals undertaken in their honor. Customs vary widely among cultures‚ as well as‚ religious affiliations within cultures. Funeral services in LA TERESITA in Gapan City are the most common funeral homes that offers

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    of the first year of the Peloponnesian War‚ Pericles delivers an oration speech in which he explains what he believes the nature of Athens to be. In the following years‚ Thucydides gives a report of the Plague of 430‚ regarding the state of Athens. With a significant comprehension of both accounts‚ we can generate a accurate depiction of the condition of Athens. In order to produce this understanding‚ I will first delve into the rhetoric of Pericles speech‚ then turn my attention to Thucydides

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    these time periods two of America’s most well known speeches were given. During the Civil War‚ The Gettysburg Address was given by President Abraham Lincoln and during the African American Civil Rights movement the I Have a Dream Speech was presented by Martin Luther King Jr. Both of these speeches left a huge mark on the world and are very important in American history. Both the Gettysburg Address and the I Have a Dream speech have many similarities. Each of these speeches were created by some

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