...instance, although he was a President in the midst of the most serious of crises, Lincoln said: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential...office there is less occasion for an extended address that there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of the course to be pursued seemed...

...what degree will he imply, or acknowledge, that African Americans are his fellow countrymen too? "At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...for an extended address than there was at the first. "—The reader may well feel that this is not a rousing start, to say the least. The awkward and official-sounding...

...what degree will he imply, or acknowledge, that African Americans are his fellow countrymen too? "At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...occasion for an extended address than there was at the first."—The reader may well feel that this is not a rousing start, to say the least. The awkward...

...sentence is that the speech as a whole will be one of unutterable dullness. "Then a statement, some what in detail, of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper." Seemed to whom? To be pursued by whom? One might think that this sounds more like an annual report...

...Abraham Lincoln, v.4, p. 203. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). ¶INAUGURAL ADDRESS, SECOND At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...the expiration of four years, during which public dedarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still...

...faces. Mr. Lincoln shuffled his papers and stepped forward. There was silence. "Fellow-countrymen:—At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pin-sued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations...

...first sentence of US President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, delivered in 1865: '"At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...an extended address than there was at the first.'" As Slagell explains, the sentence is notable for its 'impersonal tone, use of the passive voice, and...

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...on. OTHER SELECTIONS TO MEMORIZE The Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1865 1 . At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential...occasion for an extended address than there was at first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper....

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