Description of the problem:
Lincoln's famous saying is best about the American Civil War, the Civil War and slavery
Analysis:
Before the outbreak of the Civil War, he said, "A cracked house is untenable. I believe this * * * can't remain semi-slave and semi-free forever. I don't expect the Federation to dissolve, I don't expect the house to collapse, but I do hope that it will no longer split, and it will become a complete thing, either one or the other. "
Lincoln's famous saying: "Let the people know the facts and the country will be safe."
Lincoln's famous saying, "You can fool everyone for a while, or you can fool some people forever, but you can't fool everyone forever."
Lincoln's famous saying
-My doubts about Gettysburg's speech
The small town of Gettysburg in the south of Pennsylvania, USA, was held from July 1 to 3, 1863
. In the civil war, the contending city was not a city or a place, and the battle of Gettysburg was not a big city or a resort, but it gradually emerged in the history and became a famous ancient battlefield. There is no other miracle,
because of Lincoln's post-war speech in the city, which is the famous
Getty * * * urgad-
dress on November 19th, 1863.
"The common people are so disappointed"
In Lincoln's
Wit, Brant House mentioned that Lincoln had seen the preparation of the great speaker Edward
Everett at the
photographer's on 71st Street before giving a speech at Gettysburg. That speech was given to Lincoln
by everett first, and Lincoln praised everett's thoughtfulness. Because everett spoke first, it was obvious that
was afraid that the contents of Lincoln's speech would be repeated with him, which would bring inconvenience to Lincoln. After Lincoln saw it,
said that there was no danger of repetition, because his speech was "extremely short, extremely short, extremely short", and
he had not finished it, and he was carrying it with him. He wanted to look at his speech during the period when the photographer was allowed to
prepare for taking pictures.
James Baldwin mentioned in Abraham
Lincoln that in that day's speech, everett's speech was regarded as
successful, but Lincoln's speech was a failure. William Henry Sewar, Lincoln's secretary of state, openly said: "Lincoln's speech was greatly. Lincoln
himself regretted that he didn't spend more time preparing. He said to a friend,
"I tell you: it can't be washed away, it's a complete failure, and the people are very disappointed."
（Mr. Lincoln himself regretted that he had not given more time
to it．“I tell you it won't scour，”he said to a friend．“It is a flat
failure， The people are dismissed. ")
everett's speech was two hours long that day, and Lincoln's speech was only
two minutes after the speech. Benjarnin Thomas said in
Abraham Lincoln: "When the audience just paid attention to the lecture, Lincoln had finished
and the applause was scattered. Before the photographer set up the tripod, Lincoln
turned around and took his seat. "
Strange to say, it was everett who really affirmed Lincoln's speech. Everett later wrote to Lincoln, thinking that his two-hour
speech was really done in Lincoln's two minutes ("I should be gladif I
could flatter myself that l camea as near to the central idea of the
Occasion in o hours as you did in o minutes." ) it can be seen that Lincoln's speech, in which he admitted that he had failed, was not without a bosom friend. At that time,
although there was no shortage of bosom friends, it was obviously later that this speech was truly regarded as a first-class political document
in the United States and the world.
"Three Prepositions to Explain the Meaninglessness"
The Gettysburg address was a state funeral ceremony, so the main theme of the speech was to mourn
the national mourning. Lincoln said:
Eighty-seven years ago, our ancestors founded a new country on this continent, which advocated freedom and believed in a theory that all
human beings were born.
Now, we are engaged in a great civil war, and we are trying to find out
whether this country,-or any country with such opinions and such beliefs
, can survive for a long time. We were on a huge battlefield in that war. We now need to dedicate a piece of land on that battlefield as a permanent resting place for those who sacrificed their lives here for the survival of that country. It is very
appropriate and proper for us to do so.
However, in a broad sense, we can't dedicate this land
-we can't make it sacred-we can't make it dignified. These brave people, living and dead, have made this land sacred by their struggle here, which is far beyond our ability to increase or decrease. People in the world pay little attention to what we say here, let alone remember what we say here for a long time.
however, they will never forget what these people did here. This should be
alive. Let's devote ourselves to this unfinished work, which has been
pushed forward so nobly by the people in the war. Therefore, it is up to
us to devote ourselves to the great work left before our eyes-from the martyrs
, we will gain more loyalty to that cause, and they have
exported their loyalty to the last complete stage-and we are determined here to make sure that they will not die in vain-to make this country under the protection of God
. (Xu Daolin translated: Selected Works of American Politics
Thought and Literature, published by Hong Kong World Society Today in 1959)
The highlight of this speech is at its end, that is, "We firmly make up our minds here, ... to make the * * * of the people, by the people and for the people not disappear
on the earth. The original
text is:
..... that we here high resolve that the dead shall
not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new
birth of freedom； and that this government of the poople，
by the people，for the people，shaIl not perish from the
earth。
in 1818, he had a revised version (the fifth version) signed by himself, and the original
text was:
... that we here high resolved that the dead shall
not have died in vain-that this nation, under God，shall
have a new birth of freedom－and that govemment of the
people，by the people，for the people， Shail not perish from
the earth.
Although the versions are different, there is no change in the original text of of the people, by the people, for the people
. Therefore, the
of this famous quote with three prepositions is indeed his efforts to affirm. After translating this speech in Chinese, Xu Daolin explained it.
said: "His theory on the true meaning of democratic politics is expounded with three prepositions, especially with a
stroke of genius. A thousand words from others are a waste of words. " It can be considered as a definite evaluation.
Lincoln was one of the great orators, and his words moved thousands of people to join the army actively for national reunification and even win the Civil War! I admire him very much. How about you ~ Hehe