tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831255577594231117.post7391227945603263987..comments2023-10-12T03:35:18.014-04:00Comments on Lincoln Belongs To The Ages: Of Lincoln And His SpeechesGeoff Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07861071117040254491noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831255577594231117.post-83231467149310066502008-10-05T11:36:00.000-04:002008-10-05T11:36:00.000-04:00I love Lincoln's speeches because he had a way of ...I love Lincoln's speeches because he had a way of putting the right words together. People just don't write speeches like that anymore.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996173704045178865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831255577594231117.post-38389406857091518542008-10-02T10:04:00.000-04:002008-10-02T10:04:00.000-04:00I am afraid nowadays someone so articulate would b...I am afraid nowadays someone so articulate would be disdained as an intellectual elitist. Who is this wimp talking about "the better angels of our nature"? Why didn't he just say "87 years ago" if that is what he meant? Of course the genius of Lincoln was that he could also be concrete, earthy or common when the ocassion called for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831255577594231117.post-80922775229876678592008-10-01T15:08:00.000-04:002008-10-01T15:08:00.000-04:00My favorite sentence of his is what he wrote in a ...My favorite sentence of his is what he wrote in a letter after the fall of Vicksburg:<BR/><BR/>"The Father Of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."<BR/><BR/>A brilliant piece of writing.Geoff Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861071117040254491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831255577594231117.post-12505971703066664172008-10-01T14:56:00.000-04:002008-10-01T14:56:00.000-04:00Of course I am partial to Lincoln's speeches and w...Of course I am partial to Lincoln's speeches and writings because I am so fascinated by him. That aside, if you consider the fact that we still find his words to be poignant today, it really is amazing. Do the writings of other 19th century politicians strike a chord like that? Not with me...Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339832931936505603noreply@blogger.com