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Writing about his visit to Lincoln's speech place at Cooper Union and the meaning of this place for Lincoln's career and legacy, Holzer states that "only at the Great Hall of Cooper Union can audiences so easily inhale Lincoln's presence too—there to imagine not the dying but the living man, not the bearded icon of myth but the clean-shaven ...
The written invitation sent by David Wills, the primary organizer of the ceremonial dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery, inviting Lincoln to speak at the event A Harvest of Death, a photo taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan immediately following the Battle of Gettysburg, showing Union army soldiers then laying dead on the Gettysburg battlefield
Linklater’s take, while closer to Day-Lewis’ than Waterston’s, is the voice that most closely aligns with some descriptions of Lincoln’s speaking voice. Related: 10 Facts You May Not Know ...
On December 5, 1923, The New York Times wrote that “the voice of President Coolidge, addressing Congress tomorrow, will be carried [by radio] over a greater portion of the United States and will be heard by more people than the voice of any man in history.” [4] He spoke in Washington, D.C., and the address could be heard on radio stations ...
RELATED: President Abraham Lincoln. Read below for the full text of Lincoln's address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in ...
Lincoln's intention was that no statement of his specific policy toward the South should be made available before he had taken office. Those privy to the speech's possible contents were sworn to silence, and Lincoln's draft was kept locked in the safe of the Illinois State Journal newspaper. [4]
115 Abraham Lincoln Quotes. 1. "Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
An 1860 lithograph of a young Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address was delivered to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois on January 27, 1838, titled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions". [1] [2] In his speech, a 28-year-old Lincoln warned that mobs or people who disrespected U.S. laws and courts could destroy the ...