The words of Abraham Lincoln delivered at Gettysburg were ones that from the perspective of Gary Wills (89), "remade America." Wills goes on to add that "in the crucible of the occasion, Lincoln distilled the meaning of the war, of the nation's purpose, of the remaining task, in a statement that is straightforward and magical."
In his address at Gettysburg, a succinct, direct 272-word speech, Lincoln successfully connected the cherished principles of the Declaration of Independence with
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