Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The orator of the day was Edward Everett, a famed speak...
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The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address
Delivered November 19, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The president mourns fallen soldiers
"In a larger sense we cannot dedi...
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Gettysburg Address
by Abraham Lincoln
Jn July 1863, it was not at all clear to President Abraham Lincoln or the rest of the nation whether the North or South would emerge victorious from the Civil ...
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In the Gettysburg address, Abraham Lincoln uses different rhetorical strategies to effectively make his point. In different excerpts from the address, Lincoln uses euphemism, hyperbole, or understate...
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