also to reinforce the fact that there is unfinished work. "It is for us the living rather‚ to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who have fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." (Lincoln "Gettysburg Address") In my opinion the Gettysburg Address is a brief summary of Pericles speech. They both talk about the people who have died and how honorable it was to have done so. The also both start off speaking of those who came before them‚ and how they have inspired present day
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Andrew Olson ENGL 2130 20 Jun. 2013 President Abraham Lincoln’s Thoughts on His “Gettysburg Address” I am the 16th president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln. I come from humble beginnings and never finished school. My love for reading and learning led me to a career in law. I was able to manage this by “studying independently the law books of the time: Blackstone’s Commentaries‚ Chitty’s Pleadings‚ Greenleaf’s Evidence‚ and Story’s Equity and Equity Pleadings” (Levine 733). My law career
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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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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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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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English 1 September 3‚ 2014 Analyzing Seminal Texts: The Gettysburg Address and Pericles ’ Funeral Oration: Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” are two of the most memorable speeches given throughout history. On November 19‚ 1863‚ Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech amongst the American Civil War as a way to bring honor to those who died during the Battle of Gettysburg. At the end of 431 BC‚ Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration‚ to honor the
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a Dream Speech” and President Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.” Both have many properties that make them some of the greatest speeches of all time. Some of those are their appeals‚ language‚ and purpose. “I have a Dream Speech” and “Gettysburg Address”‚ both use logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos to appeal to their audience. Pathos is shown through repetition. In Dr. King’s speech he repeats‚ “I have a dream.” In President Lincoln’s he repeats‚ ”We can not.” These
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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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us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us‚” describes an incomplete duty‚ once held by the soldiers of Gettysburg now passed on to those in attendance (93). To illuminate this transfer of responsibility within the phrase‚ Lincoln emphasizes the exact location of the audience using the word “here.” In doing so‚ Lincoln reveals a bridge‚ the field of Gettysburg‚ which joins his audience to the brave soldiers who gave their lives. When
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of the SNC‚ Soldiers National Cemetery‚ in Gettysburg Pennsylvania a little while after the battle of Gettysburg. . "It is the desire that‚ after the Oration‚ you‚ as Chief Executive of the nation‚ formally set apart these grounds to their sacred use by a few appropriate remarks.“ (Gettysburg Address). Over the next seventeen days‚ the President penned the Gettysburg Address making several drafts on the White House stationery. Lincoln got in Gettysburg on the eighteenth of November but Lincoln actually
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