![]() ![]() It is right up there with the Apology of Socrates and the Funeral Oration of Pericles, with the added benefit that Lincoln’s was actually written and delivered by him, whereas the speeches by Socrates and Pericles come to us secondhand, so to speak, from Plato and Thucydides. In fact, the Gettysburg Address must rank high among the greatest speeches anywhere. Everyone knows the irony of that line where Lincoln says “the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here” - ironic because his brief dedicatory remarks have become the most famous American speech. ![]() If you’ve received a good education, you might even be able to recite it from memory. ![]() “The most obvious problem in approaching Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is that we know it so well. spoke with JMC fellow Professor Diana Schaub on her essay on Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address from the Spring 2014 issue of National Affairs. National Affairs assistant editors Devorah Goldman and Daniel Wiser, Jr. The National Affairs Podcast: Diana Schaub on Lincoln at Gettysburg Diana Schaub, Devorah Goldman, & Daniel Wiser Jr. ![]()
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