Review of
Instructor
Literature Series: Speeches of Lincoln
Five out of five stars
Abraham Lincoln
is an existence proof that the best possible education is the one that a person
gives themselves. An avid reader as a child, Lincoln grew into a very able writer
and speaker. Both of those talents are in evidence in this collection of eleven
of his speeches.
Not only are
they gems of erudition, they are also very short. Unlike most politicians, he
understood the power of the briefer remarks as opposed to the lengthy and
boring addresses so popular among politicians. His Gettysburg Address was only
two minutes long, yet in the context of history, it totally dominates the
two-hour speech given by Secretary of
State Edward Everett.
Lincoln was a
complex man and a president during the most difficult of times, yet you can
learn a great deal about his thought processes from these 36 pages.
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