Document · United States · 1865
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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
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He names slavery as the war's cause and still asks for charity, not a boast.
The review
Near the end of the war he does not boast. I read it in a few minutes, which is all it takes, and I was glad it was short. He says the war came because of slavery. He speaks of the Almighty having His own purposes. He asks for malice toward none and charity for all. I am not going to invent a sentence past that. The charity is not an excuse for the cause of the war. Those two things sit in the same brief address.
A tired night is a bad time to turn this into a mood. The cause is named. The winning side is not invited to enjoy the ruin. I can tell the kids that much without performing it. If we want a speech that flatters the house, this isn't the one. It is a few minutes, and it refuses the boast I half expected from the occasion.
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The glance
Industry and Household are the thin ones.
Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
The eight
- 2Industry
A short address, not a job; nobody's trade is the subject.
- 2Household
No parent or child is the life of this speech.
- 8Piety
He sets the war under the Almighty's purposes and still names slavery.
- 7Courage
Near the end he will not boast, and he names slavery as the cause.
- 8Republic
The living are asked for charity without being let off the cause.
- 8Temperance
Malice toward none puts down the want of revenge on purpose.
- 8Truth
The cause of the war is said plainly, and charity does not erase it.
- 7Stewardship
He leaves a plea for charity with the cause of the war still named.
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