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    Following the oath of office at the Presidential Inauguration‚ the newly elected president is given the opportunity to address the American people. On January 20th of 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered his first public address as President of the United States. In this speech‚ Kennedy used this opportunity to encourage unity among Americans in order to facilitate change in the world. During this time period‚ fears of nuclear war plagued the United States. Although Kennedy recognized the urgency of that

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    Abraham Lincoln Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands‚ my discontent fellow countrymen‚ and not in mine‚ is that the significant issue of war. the govt won’t assail you.... you’ve got no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the govt‚ whereas I shall have the foremost solemn one to preserve‚ defend and defend it." Lincoln thought secession outlaw‚ and was willing to use force to defend Federal law and therefore the Union. once Confederate batteries unemployed on Fort

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    President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was made one month before the end of the Civil War. This speech was also his last. Throughout the speech his purpose was to reunite the North and the South.. To accomplish his purpose‚ he uses logical appeals‚ repetition and Biblical allusions. President Lincoln used logical appeals to achieve his purpose of reunification of the North and South. Throughout the speech‚ lincoln used logos to prove that "both parties deprecated war" to put them on equal

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    In Obama’s inaugural speech Obama uses his writing to captivate his audience by the use of rhetorical and stylistic devices throughout the speech this conveys the Audience by convincing us that we will meet our challenges Obama uses of uses various amount of figurative devices consisting of alliteration personification simile and metaphor for example he says and because we have tasted bitter swill of Civil War and segregation and emerge from the dark this is the use of personification a figurative

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    "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced in his inaugural address. It is a quote most of has heard many times‚ somehow most of us feel as though it applies to someone else‚ but never ourselves or our situations‚ but when it comes down to it‚ we find that it is almost always true. This is how I realized it applied to myself. I had always wanted to go back to college to become a registered nurse. No one else in my family had ever made it that far before so I

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    On January 20‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered his speech to citizens and peoples of the world. Many believe it was the finest inaugural speech delivered to America. Kennedy take focus on global unity and the value of free society at home and every continent around the world. Science in warfare was on a new stage of power.Kennedy urges this political catastrophe to end and focus on our value of life by assisting the poor. Decades of misery and poverty has been long overdue. He has called all to

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    During his second inaugural address‚ Abraham Lincoln surprised his audience with a short speech that contemplated upon the future of the Nation. Though his oration did not last long‚ Lincoln was able to stress the reunification of the union as well as inspire hope for a more prosperous future. Lincoln begins his speech by directly addressing his intended audience‚ the north‚ by expressing that length is not needed in his address as all words on the state of the nation and the war have already been

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    Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address was about the Civil war that had just ended between the North and South‚ in which the former had won. Lincoln recognized that both sides did not want the war‚ but both had to commit to it so that their goals can be reached. He also noted that neither party could have predicted that the war would become so large and last so long. Lincoln’s purpose of his speech is to unify the North and South parties that were torn apart from this war. With what Lincoln says

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    president of the United States in 1860. He was the first President to let the country know that he was very religious. The South was not happy with him being elected because they thought that republicans wanted do away with slavery. He gave his 1st Inaugural speech on March 4‚ 1861. It was a time in the country that was more dangerous than any time before. He began writing his speech in January 1861. To help write his speech he used 4 historical documents that focused on state rights. The documents helped

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    in 1963; however‚ he had accomplished much more than a man with lesser courage could have in his services to our country. One of President Kennedy’s most memorable actions while in office‚ actually took place very early on in his presidency; his Inaugural Speech in January of 1961. When attempting to motivate our citizens‚ Kennedy speaks of our citizens being “tempered by war‚” and “proud of our ancient heritage‚” he very successfully appeals to the emotions of his audience. Furthermore‚ his use

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