| Show I 7 II I v r ri V r J 2 c frI i I P 04 x 4 J Scholar Examines Gettysburg Gettysburg c Copies pies I Dr B. B Roland Lewis I. professor of En English at nt the Uni er University of Utah examines copies s of nil all five of the drafts of nf the fatuous famous Gettysburg Highly Accurate Scholar lauds Telegram Dr B. B Roland Lewis professor of oi English at the University of Utah and director of the university's university's university's sity's world-famous world Shakespeare library is one of the greatest living living liv liv- ing Lincoln h historians Speaking of the Salt Lake Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Telegrams Telegram's Tele Tele- grams gram's current daily panel featuring featuring featuring ing the background ro and presentation presenta presenta- tion of the Gettysburg Address Dr Lewis said The Telegrams Telegram's present strip ship on the Gettysburg Address is very capably presented and despite the web of rumor and evidence evid nce concerning the address is highly accurate his his- Dr Lewis who attained world acclaim with the publication of his year 19 work The Shakespeare Documents in 1942 and who ho will publish his hir book on Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare Shake Shake- speare on April 23 is one of oC a small group commissioned by bythe bythe bythe the national government a few years ears ago to study the true history of the Gettysburg Address name was in ill repute throughout the nation in 1863 Dr Lewis says following remarks he intended to be humorous which he made about the smell of the dead following the battle of Antietam Antietam Antietam Antie- Antie tam a year earlier address s. s All lint hut two of or the five original inal drafts I I belong to the federal raI government o Dr Ur Lewis is I. known knowlI as ns one olle o of the great reat living Lincoln scholars I I Lincoln blasted and In Inthe inI inthe I the Democratic press of his time was deeply insulted when an invitation invitation invitation tation was not extended to him to speak at Gettysburg When an invitation finally did dirt come four days before the ceremony Lincoln I I jumped at the chance to make I amends for himself Jumps at Invitation In Dr Lewis who possesses photo- photo static copies of all five n of of the drafts of the address made by Lincoln points out that contrary to popular opinion President Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin did not write rite the speech on the back of an envelope while traveling traveling trav tray eling cling to the battlefield Lincoln was as ill III with ith smallpox at the time and hardly knew what I he hc himself said on the occasion Dr Lewis said I have read seven different n newspaper versions of his speech and it was as not until several several sev soy eral oral weeks later rested at home that he made the drafts of the speech that brought it to its present present present pres pres- ent perfection Edward Everett famous orator who preceded Lincoln with an address address address ad ad- dress of almost two hours did not as history reports Dr Lewis said run across the platform and grasping grasping grasp rasp rasping ing the president by the hand say I wish I could have said in two hours what youve you've said in three minutes I Strip Fl Features Accuracy Much uch sentimentalism and balderdash balderdash balderdash bal bal- has been built up about the Gettysburg Address the professor professor pro pro- fessor said but the Telegrams Telegram's strip comic-strip panel features historical historical cal accuracy to a very high de de- de- de gree Only two of the five copies Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coIn made are not now the property prop prop- I erty of the federal government One of those reposes in the Lennox Lennox Len Len- nox fox library and another was purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased by a Baltimore professor for The words of Lincoln were his i own but the Idea was not Dr Lewis points out The Idea had been expressed in the Magna Carta the Bill of Rights flights of 1618 and in inthe inthe inthe the Declaration of Independence But nowhere else in English literature liter liter- attire aturo has the idea of government of the people by the people and for the people so ably been ex ex- ex- ex pressed The Telegram should be proud to publish the story of the greatest speech of one of Americas America's most historically controversial figures The Gettysburg Gettysburg- Address is one of the finest expressions of freedom in the English tongue he added |
