Great Speeches7 Huhti 2023

The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's deadliest battle. It remains one of the best known speeches in American history.

Lincoln's carefully crafted but brief address, which was not scheduled as the day's primary speech, came to be seen as one of the greatest and most influential statements on the American national purpose. In just 271 words, beginning with the now famous phrase "Four score and seven years ago,"‍ referring to the signing of the Declaration of Independence 87 years earlier, Lincoln described the U.S. as a nation "conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," and represented the Civil War as a test that would determine whether such a nation could endure. Lincoln extolled the sacrifices of those who died at Gettysburg in defense of those principles, and then urged that the nation ensure:

"that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." (From Wikipedia.)

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The Weather in New England, by Mark Twain.

The Weather, by Mark Twain. From The New England Societie's 71st annual Dinner, New York City.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

15 Huhti 20238min

President William H. Taft - "On Popular Unrest", from 1912.

Original Campaign Speech by incumbent President Wiliam H. Taft.Full text:William Howard Taft: We are living in an age in which by exaggeration of the defects of our present condition, by false charges...

14 Huhti 20232min

Woodrow Wilson - “On Labor”, from 1912.

Original Campaign Speech by Woodrow Wilson, in 1912.Full Text:Woodrow Wilson: To look at the politics of the day from the viewpoint of the laboring man is not to suggest that there is one view proper ...

13 Huhti 20233min

Theodore Roosevelt - "The liberty of the people", from 1912.

Original Recording of Campaign Speech by Theodore Roosevelt of the Bull Moose Party, in 1912.Full Text:Theodore Roosevelt: The difference between Mr. Wilson and myself is fundamental. The other day in...

12 Huhti 20233min

The End of Books, by Octave Uzanne. 1894.

In 1894, French writer and bibliophile Octave Uzanne wrote the article "The End of Books" for Scribner's Magazine, which he thought would come about because of the rise of phonography, and where he pr...

11 Huhti 202331min

Abolishment of War throughout the World. President William H. Taft.

Original Recording:Abolishment of war throughout the world.by William Howard Taft, Twenty-seventh President, 1909-1913.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://red...

10 Huhti 20232min

Jimmy Carter, The Panama Canal Speech

Original Speech by President Jimmy Carter, on Sept 7th, 1977.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

9 Huhti 20236min

Abraham Lincoln Anecdotes, from "Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln".

Abraham Lincoln Anecdotes (from "Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865"), by Merwin Roe.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

8 Huhti 202317min