THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Although the Gettysburg Address is now considered by some as one of the greatest speeches every
written, not everyone thought so at the time. Even Lincoln himself, as he stepped down from the podium said "That
speech won't scour. It is a flat failure." Some newspapers printed comments like "We pass over the silly remarks of
the president..." and "The cheek of every American must tingle with shame".
One of the lines in that famous speech is "The world will little note, nor long remember what we
say here, but it can never forget what they did here.". In that, Lincoln was wrong because in fact most Americans
know more about the speech itself than they do about the importance of the battle it commemorates.
INTERESTING BOOKS ABOUT
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address in Translation: What It Really Means (Fact Finders Kids'
Translations)
Lincoln And Gettysburg: The Story Of Abraham Lincoln's Immortal Address At
Gettysburg
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