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Lincoln at Gettysburg
by Garry Wills
How 272 words remade America: the Greek revival, the Transcendentalists, the rhetoric. Pulitzer winner on the power of a short speech.
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you want to understand how words change nations.
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Skip it if…
you want a battle history.
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Three things you will actually use
- Short is powerful.
- Redefine the founding.
- Rhetoric is action.
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Read the chapter on the words and the appendix of drafts.
Our verdict
Wills on the Address.
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