The Gettysburg Address by the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was delivered at soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. Thousands of soldiers devoted their lives or got injured in the Battle of Gettysburg which was fought July 1-3, 1863 in and around the town of Gettysburg during the Civil War. Lincoln addressed this speech in order to grieve over the large number of brave soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the nation and called for a resolution to fight for “a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents of the United States. He led the United Stated through its Civil War. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. Lincoln had been consistently ranked both by scholars and the public as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents. Since Lincoln as a president contributed to the country a lot, the public would like to trust him and his leadership. Lincoln’s position as President established ethos of his speech indirectly, which made his speeches much more credible. Besides, Abraham Lincoln was an excellent orator. The Gettysburg Address was a short speech which only had 277 words and ten sentences, but it later became one of the most powerful and influential speeches in history. In just over two minutes, Abraham Lincoln used many useful rhetoric devices and incorporated them properly, which effectively strengthened the appeals to the audience’s reason and emotions.
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