Lincoln was a skilled writer with a poetic sensibility who deftly used rhetorical devices and biblical references, Sorensen said. But his speeches resonate because his ideas and values were timeless.
Lincoln was a skilled writer with a poetic sensibility who deftly used rhetorical devices and biblical references, Sorensen said. But his speeches resonate because his ideas and values were timeless.
On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln stood on the east portico of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, to offer his ...