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Lincoln Gettysburg Address
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- What is the point of this speech?
- Can you explain the incorrectness of Lincoln
- Wants speeches in real voices
What is the point of this speech?
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September 19, 2007
i would just like to know what the main piont of this speach is?......please get back with me as soon as possible thanx.....
- USA
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Lincoln was honoring the men that fought and died on the battlefield at Gettysburg.
Can you explain the incorrectness of Lincoln
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June 8, 2007
Can you explain the incorrectness of Lincoln saying "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" as of the date of adopting our Constitution, when, in fact, slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person and not equal? (I wrote a U. S. history book.)
Thomas - USA
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At the time that our Constitution was adopted, various interest groups argued about what should be in the document. Perhaps that "dedicated to the proposition that all male landowners are created equal" would be a more realistic statement.
I think Lincoln was making his statement as a means of persuasion of his view that slaves should also be considered people. But also of note, that "men" did not include women in the group being equal.
This statement wasn't incorrect as much as a rhetorical device.
Wants speeches in real voices
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December 22, 2005
hai my name is ram mohan. i like your idea of worlds great speeches.i have heard abraham lincoln's great speech. i would like to know is there any availability of the speeches of these great leaders in their realvoice.
ram - india
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Lincoln died before recording was invented, as is true with some of the speakers from history. But we there are sources with the real voices of the speakers. See our Resources page for a listing of sites that have the voices of speakers giving their famous speeches.
http://www.school-for-champions.com/speeches/resources.htm
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