...served. As Edward Everett, the main speaker at the ceremony, later said: "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. " TOO/I £co/te axvL Q&sen. Uea/tA das" (1863} & 3 Four score...

...finished his address. The next day, Everett sent a note to the President: "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." In plain biblical language, Lincoln forged the theme of national...

...hours), thought more of the President's speech. He wrote to Lincoln, "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." Purpose The second variable in every public speaking situation...

...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."75 In January the following year, Everett would ask Lincoln to...

...after the dedication ceremonies, Everett wrote Lincoln a letter and said, "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." Lincoln was gratified by this praise from so true a source....

...memorable. On the day after the dedication, Everett wrote to Lincoln: "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." Four-score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on...

...the "Everett Copy," sent at the orator's request. Everett had written, "I should be glad if 1 could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes." ' Why did Lamon concoct a lie, and eventually believe it? He...

...they were brief and delivered in the westerner's high-pitched, shrill tenor. "I should be glad, if I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes," Everett wrote the president the following day. Lincoln responded...

...classic at birth." The day after the ceremony Everett wrote the president: "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."51 Soon, Everett's learned Gettysburg address was little noted...

...men are created equal." A postscript: Everett later wrote to Lincoln, "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." To which Lincoln responded, "... you could not have been excused...