Lincoln needed about 270 words for one of the most sacred texts in U.S. history. Nov. 19. 2013— -- Of the five known copies of the "Gettysburg Address" in Abraham Lincoln's handwriting (all a ...
We write today in reconsideration of "The Gettysburg Address," delivered by then-President Abraham ... By today's words alone, we cannot exalt, we cannot hallow, we cannot venerate this sacred text, ...