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    Lincoln at Gettysburg
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    Lincoln at Gettysburg

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    The words that remade America. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Bestseller.
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    "...a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."On November 19th, 1863, Lincoln delivered dedicatory remarks at a service commemorating the recent battle of Gettysburg. These remarks 272 words became known as the Gettysburg Address, which I had to memorize and recite before my classmates when I was thirteen. In Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America , Gary Wills analyzes these brief remarks and clears up several misconceptions about Lincoln s role and intentions at the Gettysburg ceremony, where he was always meant to play second fiddle. Starring in this ceremony a purgative and a large scale solemn act of oratory, a kind of performance art with great power over audiences in the middle of the nineteenth century was Edward Everett, a former governor of Massachusetts and president of Harvard, who was both the Ken Burns and Demosthenes of his day.In LaG, Wills does offer his opinions on several historical controversies that have long dogged Lincoln s address. He tells the reader, for example, where he thinks Lincoln stood as he delivered his remarks. And he establishes the provenance of several copies of this address those possessed by Nicolay, Hay, Everett, Bancroft, and Bliss in order to clarify what wording Lincoln actually used as he spoke. Furthermore, he does provide Everett s full speech (more than two hours of Hellenistic reference and Gettysburg battle reportage) and funeral orations by Pericles and Gorgias. These are in the book s appendix and worth scanning, since they do establish context and precedent for Lincoln s elegance, messaging, and brevity.Nonetheless, the highpoints of this rewarding book for this reader examine: 1) what Lincoln meant to accomplish in his remarks; and 2) the intellectual influence of transcendentalism on Lincoln s intellectual assumptions. Here:o Intentions: According to Wills, Lincoln considered the constitution a document of imperfect political compromise. In contrast, he believed the Declaration of Independence represented the best statement of the American mission namely, that all men are created equal. In the Gettysburg Address, what Lincoln accomplished is to take this mission equality and position it as the BIG issue implicitly addressed in the solemn event at Gettysburg and the carnage of the Civil War. In this way, he transformed the war, which to that point was largely viewed as the product of sectional disagreements and states rights, into an effort to regain first principles.Interestingly, Wills points out that this focus on the Declaration ( four score and seven years ago counts back to 1776) provoked immediate protest from Northern Democrats, who protested in editorials that the U.S. Constitution does not use the word equality. Regardless, Lincoln, through his eloquence, did reformulate the mission of the war. Writes Wills: They walked off, from those curving graves on the hillside, under a changed sky, into a different America. Lincoln had revolutionized the Revolution, giving people a new past to live with that would change their future indefinitely. o Transcendentalist influence: Lincoln, sui generis to be sure, was also a 19th century man and influenced by the intellectual currents of his time. These included Transcendentalism, which attempted to discern and feel ideal forms embedded within experienced reality. This disposed Lincoln to favor the Declaration, where he believed America s political ideals are stated. And this made him view the constitution which does not mention slavery as an imperfect political document that, with luck, would move, over time, closer to our founding ideals.There s more of interest in this book. This includes Wills s discussion of Daniel Webster, who profoundly affected Lincoln s thinking on the Union; and Wills s comments about the rural cemetery movement. He observes: The dedication of Gettysburg must, therefore, be seen in its cultural context, as part of the nineteenth century s fascination with death in general and cemeteries in particular. Honor the 150th Anniversary.Highly recommended. 5But Wills goes beyond Lincoln and the Civil War so this is not a typical historical account but it is excellent.Thoughtful and moving book. But Wills goes beyond Lincoln and the Civil War so this is not a typical historical account but it is excellent. 5LINCOLN SAID WE ALL MUST FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMSThis is the best book about President Lincoln's greatest and shortest statement. It won the Pulitzer Prize. The significance of the Civil War in American history is sometimes lost in all the writing about the war itself. The Declaration of Independence declared all men created by God were equal, but the Constitution contained provisions which contradicted that bold statement and allowed for slavery in the states that wanted it and required the return of fugitive slaves from free states. Lincoln declared what had happened by the war to preserve the Union was A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM, the promise of the Declaration had been redeemed for all Americans. His words to "us the living" were that it was each generation's responsibility to renew the fight for freedom so that "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth." Elites and those in power are always seeking more power and more control and freedoms correspondingly shrink. For example, as the government takes control of health care away from the people, our freedom to choose our doctors and hospitals vanish. 5Lincoln the RadicalLiterary prizes are handed out every year, but true worth is manifested by actual readers going out and buying their books year after year. Nearly a decade has passed since Garry Wills won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for "Lincoln at Gettysburg," but the magnitude of his achievement is measured by the continued interest which book lovers have lavished on this thoughtful and debate-stirring work of history. Wills situates the Gettysburg Address in the Greek Revivalism exemplified by Edward Everrett (the forgotten featured speaker at the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetary), as well as in the Transcendentalist movement of Theodore Parker and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He goes on to demonstrate the inherant radicalism of Lincoln's 272 immortal words, imbued as they are with the dangerous notion that all men are created equal. Wills argues convincingly that the Gettysburg address hijacked the narrow readings of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution put forward by the southern rebels; through his words, Lincoln succeeded in placing these founding documents on the side of the angels by insisting that liberty and equality rather than sterile legalisms about states rights were the true basis of the grand experiment of the founders. In so doing, America's greatest President changed the history of the nation forever, influencing politics and policy right down to the present day. Huzzahs to Mr Wills for disinterring the radical hidden within the Great Compromiser!! And thanks to the prize committees for getting it right for a change. 5Who knew?!This slim book is nonetheless a tremendous expansion on the very slim speech - the Gettysburg Address that many of us memorized in school. It sets the speech in the war, in the history of cemeteries in the US, and among the other speeches in the ceremony at Gettysburg that day. I would never have picked it up except that it was a suggested book for Cornell alumni. So glad I did - great reading for anyone who loves Civil War era history or who has always loved the Address itself. 5The Unabridged Audio Version - A bit long but still goodI listened to the audio cassette version read by the author. It is about six hour long. Normally I love audiobooks, but with this one I felt the paper version might be preferable because I could skim the overly-detailed parts and slow down on the sections that I really wanted to digest. I plan to get a paper version of this book because there are parts on Lincoln's choice of words and design of sentences that I want to reread.Wills gave more detail than I personally wanted on the influence of Ancient Greece on 19th century America - an interesting topic but he went on and on about it. There was also slightly more than I needed to hear on 19th century cemetery design, although this was also interesting at first.Wills does a good job of showing how Lincoln reframed the views that Americans held of the nation's origins. He illustrates how history can be revised by a single person if that person is a genius like Lincoln who recognizes a great opportunity. If you have any doubts about Lincoln's skills as a writer and orator, this book should dispell them. 4Lincoln, at Gettysburg, explained the idea of America, the reason the Civil War was fought, the transitional nature of the CMillions have read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but relatively few have understood the vast implications or this brief speech. Wills explains in crisp detail the many facets of what Lincoln said that day. He makes it clear that Lincoln's prescient vision is still relevant today. The Gettysburg themes comprised the first third of President Obama's second inaugural address. In brief: It's essential to remember that four score and seven years ago from the time Lincoln was speaking was the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. It is the Declaration, not the Constitution, that is the country's foundational document. "All men are created equal," all with certain inalienable rights, is the nation's beacon. The Constitution, with its awkward finesse of slavery, was the best that could have been done at the time and was clearly meant to be improved over time. The idea is to move forward toward a more perfect union, with baby steps at times and at times steps in the wrong direction but relentlessly forward. Wills makes clear that the Supreme Court justices who insist on interpreting modern law based on the original intent of the Constitution misunderstand that the country was conceived and dedicated to the lofty principles of the Declaration. Wills has written a brilliant explanation of what America is about at its essence. Lincoln understood it to the depths of his soul. We, the people, had a little trouble understanding the fine points, but we knew that if Lincoln believed it, well...our eyes have seen the glory. 5Highly Recommended!Two of my favorite subjects in one book. The story behind the greatest speech in human history is told very well in this fascinating and easy to read book. It tells the story perfectly and, even if you are an expert on Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address, you will learn something new from this book. Highly recommended! 5Difficult Thesis - But Well DevelopedAs someone lacking anything more than a working knowledge of the Civil War, this book was eye opening. It's thesis may seem unclear, at first. But the author succeeds in showing how Lincoln created a radical shift in the U.S identity. Before Lincoln, we believed ourselves to be the inheritors of the Roman Republic, which seems strange to us now. But during the Civil War, Lincoln sold the image of our government being the modern equivalent to the Athenian Democracy, and for 150 years, this image has stuck. Wills explains the intellectual, literary, and artistic changes that provided the fertile ground for Lincoln's accomplishment and chronicles how the contemporary love for Greek philosophy provided the template for the the Gettysburg address as a funeral oration.Well worth the read for anyone studying the literary culture of the mid 1800's. 4ImportantGarry Wills, the author, explores, analyzes, and provides sensible commentary on Lincoln's great vision for keeping us all one country (united we stand, divided we fall). I think this book provides essential information for any American who wants to understand why our country is as great as it is without reading jingoism, fake patriotism, or corny, hokey, screwy whacky stuff.Wills gives us an intelligent word-portrait of a great man who gave us a true prescription for what freedom actually means and why we are its guardians. 5
    Lincoln at Gettysburg

    Lincoln at Gettysburg

    4.3
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