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"Where Where 'WMere WMere " ' Line Lincoln L1ncoln Spoke By ELMO SCOTT WATSON WATSOIV WATSONm- WATSONm WATSOIVT WATSONmT - T WAS just lust 70 years i ears ago ngo that tbat Abraham AbrahamLincoln AbrahamLincoln AbrahamLincoln Lincoln , , standing standlDg stauding on tlic the bittlefield b'1ttleficld b1ttleficld battlefield ' of ofGettysburg ofGettysburg LGettysburg Gettysburg , , made a speech of e'iactly eiactly exactly exactly272 ' : ; L 272 272ords \ words \\ords ords tint th'1t th1t tliat ' lias has been called "a a " classic classic clas ' sic n \ which hich hlch w \ will \ III ill endure as long as theEnghsh theM theEnglish the theS English Enghsh linguage hngunge language is spol spoken en " " And thatIs that thatIs thatis Is one of the mildest tributes trIbutcs amid .lmld lmld . the thesho theshower theshotter M S sho\\ sho shoer shower \ er of extrn11nt estraragant extra extrn \ " ' vigint \11nt 11nt ; pr praise l1se l1seYlnch \Ylnch Ylnch which Ylnchbas whichhas \ which1 has bas been 1'ivished 1ivished lwished lavished ' upon a n speech In In"bleh inwhich Inwhich "bleh bleh which " the speaker speahcr himself hmJcelf : slid s'lld slld said ' "The The "Theworld "Thettorld Thettorld " world \ orld orld111 ttill \\111 111 will \ \ little note nor long rememher remem remember rcmcmber rcmcmberhat ber her \\hat hat what \ \ hat hate \ \\e e we \ \ e siy s\y s y say ' \ hel heie hete e , ' tbcreby tl1ereLy thereby proving provinghlm provingbho provinghliD'eir provinghliDeir hlm bho ' el elt ! a poor prophet In indeed eed , , no matter ho\\ ho how hopeat howgreat ho\\peat ho peat \ \ p-eat p eat great - heas he ' \as as was ft \ as in neirly ne'lrly nelrly nearly ' e\ e eel e\eiy e eiy eseiy \ el yother other respectSo respect respectSo So much mueh has been slid s11d said about I lDcoln incoln'h incolnh incoln's incolns ' : , Gettys Cettys Gettysburg Cettysburg Gettystrorg burg iddress address ' tnd 'lnd lnd and so mucli much Ins h1s has been written writtenfbout writtenabout writtenibout fbout about It including lncludlDg ( ( a 254-pige 254 pige J4-p'lge J4 p'lge plge 254-page page - - ' book about nbout a 272 272word 272word 7 word speech I t ' ) it v " vould "oulll oulll ould seem that thate \\e e \ w \ \ e American Amencan Americans Americanwho " , , who are proud to clilm cl1im claim tins tIllS this nnsterpiccc m1sterplere masterpiece or of modera mod modern modtia ern era rnsliih rnglich rn lI h eloquincc eloquLnce eloquence as the product of one of ofour ofour ofour our O\MI O MI O\\n n own \ \ Lind hmd kind , would wouM know e\ e e\erytlnng e erytlnng eeryUung eserytlung \ eryUung about it iteren iteven Ittren eren even down to the minutest mmutest dcfill det1.H det1H detall . But it Is probable probable prob able tile tint th'lt thlt that ' rnost most of us kno\\ kno know knolittle \ \ \ little more about itthan it itthan Itthan than the fact tint th'1t th1t that ' I incoln lncoln did dclher de11er deliver de11\ de11 \ er an 1m Im Immortal 1mmortal immortal mortal speech at nt Gett Gettysburg sburg a n few fe\\ fe femonths \ \ months nfter after nfterthe afterthe afterthe the tnttle b1ttle battle , and w \ e ln\ ln h1\ h1 Itas lne h1e \ e a more or less clear re remembr1nce remembnnce renembnnce membr1nce membnnce of or some of the phraeolody phra * iColob < olo of tbc the theti tbcEJI"Cch thenech EJI"Cch EJICch ti * " * eeb , , beginning hegmning with the sonorous ' Four rour scoreand scoreand score scorein3 and in3 Se seven . en yclrs ye'1rs ye1rs years ' ago our fathers fatbcrs brought forthUpon forthupon forth forthPon Upon Pon this continent a n nenation new ne\\ ne \ nation , concel\ concel conceded conceled conceited \ ed In InLiberty InLiberty In"berty Inberty In"bertyind Liberty " -ind ind 'lnd lnd and ' - dedicated to tlie the proposition th1.t th1t that th1.talI thatall thatall . alI all men are creited cre1ted created equil equ'11 equ11 equal ' " and continuing contlDUlng to the themagmficent themagnificent theoagnificcnt magmficent magnificent clinns cllmu chinas of or 'that that ' thit th'1t th1t ' government go\ernment go ernment \ of the thepeople theixople eople people by the people , . for the people , sliall shall not notr nothensli notP hensli r thingsthe < nsh flsh from the earth " But be be\ond be ond \ , ond and tliose those thIngs , , the avente aver'le averle average ' " , , Ainencin Amenc'ln Amencln American ' hnos"ery kno\\s kno s hno\\s hno knows \ \ \ very \"ery "ery ery \ " little about aboutSOme aboutComo aboutEonio SOme Como of cf the ficrs f1cts facts connected connectedith connectedlth \\ith ith \\lth lth with \ \ \ the speech speechwhich speechWhich speechi I which whichm'lhe Whichmake parndOIes Paradoses Ich nnLe m'lhe mlhe make ' it one of the most annzing am1.zlng am1zlng amazing . para parn paraoses dOIes doses oses in hlstofrost historyMost histon hlstof\ hlstof history histonilost \ ilost Most rost Americans Ataerlc merlc1ns ns l know no\\ no nothat \ that Lincoln was something some sometblng some"e somee tblng thing " " " of ' in 'In also ran " so far as ns the choice of thc the thccommittee thecommittee thecommittee committee In iii chirge ch1rge charge of or the thc celebration ceJebrntion at Gettysburg Gettfsburg Get ysburg tysburg tfsburg rememher remembet that dal dans da . was \ns ns \ concerned ' They 'rhey rhey remem rememthat her bet that the honor of being the "orator orator "orntor orntor " of thpda theday thp the day da " * ! ) ' tell fell to Edwird Edward D his w1rd Everett and that one one"our oneour honrandfifty onehonrandfifty hClur onehClur " gotteni'hlle foigottenWhile and nod fifty minute speech slKech has been foigotten foi gotten gotten"lie gottenlie i'hlle ihlle While ? ' " " the three minute speech of Lincoln seem seems seemsstlned . d dhstlned seemsdhstlned < " -stlned stlned stIned - to Innnortniity Immort'lllty Immortlllty Immortality ' . But nut e\en e en een even e\ e \ en though Everetts r : E\cr E cr Ever EcrIs \ . er erells ells etts Is xpeech peech Speech lias Ims has been heen forgotten forbotten , how m'1n m1n mini many ' of hi hiS hi1"Oft hi1Oft . ' ' elIo\\ elIo fellow elIocountr ! " " \ countr countrymen country men know that the man hlm himself himselfaas himselfBas < : ; eH 'as as aas " ' Important Portant enough in Amencin Amerlc'ln Amerlcln American ' history to deterre de6erre de 6erre terre ( rre escaping the obh\ obh obli\lon obli lon obhion obhsion \ ion that has engulfed hie his hisaPcech h ! ; : = w-cch w cch aPcech ! Pt - ch ? So o it seems seemsvortn \vortn vortn worth \ \ ortn , while .lllle lllle . to dc\ dc devote dcote \ ote a littie litlie lit litoff tie lie SPace 00 to h"n hn han hnn " before contmuin continuing " < > ' the narratlv narrative narrativeof narrative"the narrativethe ( ' or of partCten paileven off " the e event .nt nt ( . in \ i\hlch i hlch which \ hlch he pla placed played ed"a eda a leiding le'1dlng le1dlng leading ' part pail parln Cten even " ( though the to another anollier an honorb honors of the div d1V day d1VYent \ went \Yent Yent ollier other Uier manEterett man manll E\erett E erett Eterett \ 11 ftas was \ as born ln In Dorchester . , . Mass .Mass , Apri ' ' ll 11 1 1Eerett I Ij 1134 lw'l lwl 4 , ' a nicmbcr member of one of tlie the leading faml1lc famllie famlllc1-in famlllc1 in < . ' - travelIn ; 0 r ! , New ew ' " EnelaIll England ( After se\ se se\eral se eral seeral seseral \ eral yearfi years enrs of o ( { travel travelf travelII traveli In p i II Germany ertnany and England Englanl1 he lie returned to tblt hit tbltconntry hitcountry tbh"iiniry tbhiiniry conntry country 1itcratUlIat lrteratultat con " to occupy tlic thc the chair of Greek Greel literatim 1itcratUlI lrteratult literatimr at flarard n ian'lrd ianlrd an.lrd anlrd % . ' and to become becomc the editor cc1ttor of ot the'orth thf 11) 11 the ) ( . \r r \ ' CJrth 'orth orth ' Amerlc'1 Amerlc1 Amerlc1n American ' " Review Hevie\\ Hevie Iteview HevieOne \ One of the cirllest e1rllcct earnest ; examples e ex excam became amples to i of tlle the schohr 'scholar scholar 'schol schol ' ' ' In " politics , . " G\erett G erett E\erett E Eterett \ be beMsiipl.n cam . came ame sUcceh successively % l ely y congressTian congreSS'11nn congreSS11nn congressman ' , gO\ gO governor gOcrnor \ crnor 0la o 0 oShS&chusetts Msiipl.n Msiipln 1:1 11 : 1:1sUcceh ShS&chusetts ShSchusetts & . raad Engraad raadand la s.chusetts schusetts , , minister mlnlbter plenipotentiary to En Eng Enga nndafter andafter nod nnd and ufter after i 1 a ' brief Interim ua us as president CI o CIIn ( i : 1rvard 1rvardsecretary rillIDores * In Inrrard rrard rrardsecrt 7arl ( secrt secretary > tary of state In President rillOre rill : IDores Ore clhinctBut 'ciblnet ciblnet 'ciblnettiS1 8 ' c'lbiue clbiue clhinct ' . t tiS1 But hls his chlef chief clainl claim ln In bis his belns being 'ItVa0"5 ItVa05 I ' ti , I IBut " to famc fame "e e " lcs lIes [ : tiotous It whetIt It hIt Itus "oro oro otous us " C ch h Impion ' "P10 P10 " " of or Ampncan Amprlcnn American institutiona Institutions In < ; tltutJons wbel whet wbelIn wbcitiioir domocracy wag a tile the faslilon fn ras1110 < , hlon " ln in ' rurope f'urope furope to sneer at our de do deiQ . 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' ' ton States Idtes ' , teat ' * \ iNO 1\0 1 0 No mpan mean In ( > a " ( r-c01"11 r c01"11 c0111 fcord record ' - " of accoropllB accompllsl accomplls t - ; tw fa.e fae tattthat t1tattthat . c ' , this thi1111'8 thi11118 antIwhen andwhen alltl antI and wllen when H'ere Here there ' is added to them tl 11 t1 that wl : at oral orat } > ' . - the creatcst treatcst greatest time he " was "as as tlie the : J In the country . , It Is easy to understand why whythosc whythose whythose thosc those in cinrge ch'1rge ch1rge charge ' of the tbe dedication of the thc Gettys Gettysburg Gettysburg Gettysburg burg bittlefield b'lttlefield blttlefield battlefield ' cemetery should have hnve InVited InVitedhIm invitedhim Invitedhim hIm to delhcr delher dehiter the oration at the dcdicitory dedlc'1.tory dedlc1.tory dedlc1tory dedicatory ' . cere sere seremonies ceremomcs ceremonies ceremoniesSo momcs monies moniesSo So important was "as as " ; Everett Iverett hverett that thnt when , In reply replyto replyto replyto to the committees committee s Invitation intitatlon 1m Ita tlon to be bc present precent : on onthe onthe onthe the dite d'1te d1te date ' \ ' ; which hlcll they had set ( October 23 , ' 1803) 1803 1S03) 1S03 1803)he 18G3)he 18G3he ) , he wrote that It \ would ould be impossible Impossihle for him t to tobe tobe be prepired prepued prepared In such a sliort short time , , the dedication dedicationto , , to suit his con\ con con\eniencc con eniencc conenlence consenlenee \ enlence , , |