Comments on: The Gettysburg Address: Poetry https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-gettysburg-address-poetry Hanker: To have a strong, often restless desire, in this case for--you guessed it--history! Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: joe schmoe` https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/#comment-88727 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:27:13 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=891#comment-88727 In reply to theinkbrain.

Nobody cares what you believe.

]]> By: lilyvelona https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/#comment-201 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 23:03:23 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=891#comment-201 Great article!
Truly eloquent political speeches are often quite poetic, and when they are, are often effective. The Gettysburg Address is one of many speeches descended from the tradition Greek and Roman orators, political and otherwise.

]]> By: theinkbrain https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/#comment-200 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:43:46 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=891#comment-200 “…that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” I want very much to believe this, but my dark and cynical suspicion is that Wall Street rules.

]]> By: HankeringforHistory https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/#comment-199 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:54:51 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=891#comment-199 In reply to J. G. Burdette.

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]]> By: J. G. Burdette https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/#comment-198 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:39:42 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=891#comment-198 In reply to HankeringforHistory.

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]]> By: HankeringforHistory https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-gettysburg-address-poetry/#comment-197 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:07:41 +0000 https://hankeringforhistory.com/?p=891#comment-197 In reply to Derrick Birdsall.

Fitting indeed… Thanks for stopping by!

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