tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744768872499365778.post3291065498910055513..comments2023-04-27T05:28:48.949-05:00Comments on Thoughts, Essays, and Musings on the Civil War: The Gettysburg AddressBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05632564881164776088noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744768872499365778.post-46110275028612188762010-05-28T18:11:09.828-05:002010-05-28T18:11:09.828-05:00Thanks for noting the several "myths" su...Thanks for noting the several "myths" surrounding this monumental day at Gettysburg. It is amazing how people cling to their myths; their myths will endure. <br />"Edward Everett: The Other Speaker at Gettysburg" is one of several "living histories" I perform. Everett had an immediate appreciation of the President's brief address. The next day he wrote: “Permit me to express my great admiration at the thoughts expressed by you, with such eloquent simplicity & appropriateness at the consecration of the Cemetery. I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.”Jim Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751622155418531199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744768872499365778.post-29990185237209127162010-05-26T14:35:05.522-05:002010-05-26T14:35:05.522-05:00captainrlm: Thanks so much for your comment. I kno...captainrlm: Thanks so much for your comment. I know what you mean when you say it is difficult to put the meaning of the address into words. This was something I had wanted to write for a quite a while and it took time for me to finally find a way to express my feelings. So, thanks for reading the entry and thanks again for you kind comment.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632564881164776088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744768872499365778.post-78862123743535987862010-05-26T14:27:04.802-05:002010-05-26T14:27:04.802-05:00Excellent piece of writing. It is hard to put into...Excellent piece of writing. It is hard to put into your own words what that speech means (at least for me), but I like how you did it. Very good jobRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080050613624485848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744768872499365778.post-33114630234302429552010-05-25T16:33:27.893-05:002010-05-25T16:33:27.893-05:00This piece of writing makes one feel as though the...This piece of writing makes one feel as though they are being given an inside, behind the scenes, view. And all done with the feeling one is being told something as if given special privies. <br /><br />Only a well researched and trusted Author could pull that off while still teaching the class. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com