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Abraham Lincolns November 19, 1863, Gettysburg Address is generally recognized as one of the greatest leadership speeches ever written. The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address explains the 272-word speech more thoroughly than any book previously published. With the aid of colorized step-by-step diagrams, the authors deconstruct the speech into its basic elements and demonstrate how the scientific method is basic to the structure of the Gettysburg Address. Lincolns fascination with geometry is well documented. Authors David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften, however, are the first to discover and then demonstrate Lincolns use of the six elements of a proposition and then diagram and explain how his in-depth study of geometry helped him compose the Gettysburg Address. The result is a deeper and richer understanding of the Gettysburg Address that was not previously possible. This concise color examination of one of our nations most treasured and important speeches is perfect for all ages and especially for those interested in history, the use of language, and logic.
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T HE U LTIMATE G UIDE T O T HE G ETTYSBURG A DDRESS
David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften
Savas Beatie
California
2016 b y David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften
www.thestructureofreason.com
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In my position it is somewhat important that I should not say any foolish things.
Abraham Lincoln , November 18, 1863, one day before the Gettysburg Address.
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Abraham Lincoln
The Speech
In his January 7, 1864, Annual Message, Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin reported:
After the battle of Gettysburg, in which loyal volunteers from eighteen States, including Pennsylvania, were engaged, it appeared to me proper that all those States should unite in establishing a Cemetery, on the spot in which their soldiers who had fallen in that conflict, should be honorably interred. I accordingly appointed DAVID WILLS, Esq., of Gettysburg, my agent, and through him, a site was purchased at a cost of $2,475.87, and the conveyances made to the Commonwealth. On communicating with the authorities of the other States, they all readily agreed to become parties to the arrangement, and on the 19th day of November last, the Cemetery was dedicated, with appropriate ceremonies, in the presence of the President of the United States, the Governors of the States concerned, and other high officers, State and National.
On November 2, 1863, David Wills wrote President Lincoln: It is the desire that, after the Oration [by featured speaker Edward Everett], You, as Chief Executive of the Nation, formally set apart these grounds to their Sacred use by a few appropriate remarks.
At the November 19, 1863, ceremony, President Lincoln seated himself between Secretary of State William Seward and Edward Everett. Everett spoke for two hours. President Lincolns 272 word speech was less than three minutes. On November 20, 1863, The New York Times reported:
The military were formed in line extending around the stand, the area between the stand and military being occupied by civilians, comprising about 15,000 people and including men, women and children. The attendance of ladies was quite large. The military escort comprised one squadron of cavalry, two batteries of artillery and a regiment of infantry, which constitutes the regular funeral escort of honor for the highest officer in the service.
After the performance of a funeral dirge, by BIRGFIELD, by the band, an eloquent prayer was delivered by Rev. Mr. STOCKTONMr. EVERETT then commenced the delivery of his oration, which was listened to with marked attention throughoutAlthough a heavy fog clouded the heavens in the morning during the procession, the sun broke out in all its brilliancy during the Rev. Mr. STOCKTONs prayer and shone upon the magnificent spectacle.
Reverend Stocktons prayer was over three times the length of the Gettysburg Address.
On November 20, 1863, Edward Everett wrote Abraham Lincoln, I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
This is how Lincoln biographer Michael Burlingame set the scene:
After a musical interlude, Lincoln slowly rose to speak, causing a stir of expectation. His reception was quite cordial, noted Benjamin Perley Poore. The Washington Chronicle reported that when [Ward Hill] Lamon introduced Lincoln, the president was vociferously cheered by the vast audience. As spectators on the outer fringes of the crowd pressed forward, those closer to the platform pushed back, causing a brief disturbance. A nurse in the audience recalled that she and the others seemed packed like fishes in a barrel, so tightly jammed together that they nearly suffocated. When calm was restored, the president put on his glasses, drew a paper from his pocket, and read his brief remarks in a very deliberate manner, with strong emphasis, and with a most business-like air. His voice was so clear and loud that it carried to the outer extremities of the crowd. John Hay recorded in his diary that Lincoln spoke in a firm free way, with more grace than is his wont.
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Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicatewe can not consecratewe can not hallowthis ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before usthat from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotionthat we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vainthat this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedomand that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
The Structure of Reason Colorized
The Gettysburg Address neatly fits into a six element pyramid. Colorized pyramids show relationships among the elements .
Brown is factual foundation.
Green is logical direction.
Red is argument.
Think of the six elements of a proposition as a scientific method for persuasive speech.
The Gettysburg Address is special. Examination of its elements reveals precisely how. Brown , green , and red , are conceptual guides that highlight the purpose of each element .
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