Comments on: The Quick 10: Seven Score and Six Years Ago…

By: Zane

Zane — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:04 +0000

Maybe as a “10 1/2″ you could add the actual 10 sentences, Stacy?

By: Joe Parrott

Joe Parrott — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:20:30 +0000

Everett was a renowned speaker during that time. A lengthy speech was expected for most events. Like lengthy overwrought prose – James Fenimore Cooper comes to mind – lengthy overwroght speeches have fallen out of favor.

To Everetts credit, he recognized a tour de force when he heard it. And that is why he graciously thanked President Lincoln for his heartfelt and moving speech. To me it is clear that Everett was very moved by Lincolns address and felt compelled to reach out to him.

Lincoln, in typical self-dreprecating fashion, thanked Everett for the praise and did not crow about how he had upstaged him at the event.

Lincoln was a man ahead of his time,
and deserved much better than he received from the media, other politicians and some of his countrymen.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:23 +0000

I know Edward Everett. Didn’t he marry someone named Horton, and then go on to fame as the narrator of “Fractured Fairy Tales”?

By: Great Stuff

Great Stuff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:50:20 +0000

Love this one, it caresses my history gland.

What would be cool is a link to the text of the address…

…and not one of those cotton-pickin’ Bing pop up links…

…unless I missed it, which would not surprise me.

By: Kels

Kels — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:47:35 +0000

In the texbooks I had growing up, they always showed the only picture of Lincoln from that day as being him about to sit down. The story was that the photographer thought he would take a while. So, he took his time setting up the camera. The picture is of his back walking to his seat. Was that a false one? Maybe it doesn’t qualify, because it doesn’t show his face?