tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14371641.post6494841631019224032..comments2023-07-17T14:02:02.018-05:00Comments on The Colonel's Corner: The "Great Task Remaining"Ed Gregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06099324158459514235noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14371641.post-72725991777151798442011-11-18T12:36:57.830-06:002011-11-18T12:36:57.830-06:00Ed, suggest you pick up a copy of Gerry Wills'...Ed, suggest you pick up a copy of Gerry Wills' "Lincoln at Gettysburg" for your "literary enjoyment" sometime. Those others you dismiss were the featured speakers--giants of their time in the oratory world. Back then, before TV or even radio, this type of event, and the speakers, were a grand form of entertainment. Not entertainment as we now know it, but entertainment in that was why people attended an event such as this by the thousands: to see and hear the speakers. Lincoln was difficult to hear because he wasn't a great speaker nor did he employ the many devices that the great speakers of the day used. Which didn't keep his few words from carrying forward, as you correctly note, as the enduring message from the day...HKS 2000 MCMPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545428669946656731noreply@blogger.com