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    The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address
    The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address
    The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address
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    The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address

    By David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften

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    Abraham Lincoln’s November 19, 1863, Gettysburg Address is generally recognized as one of the greatest leadership speeches ever written. The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address explains the 272-word speech more thoroughly than any book previously published. With the aid of colorized step-by-step diagrams, the authors deconstruct the speech into its basic elements and demonstrate how the scientific method is basic to the structure of the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln’s fascination with geometry is well documented. Authors David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften, however, are the first to discover and then demonstrate Lincoln’s use of the six elements of a proposition and then diagram and explain how his in-depth study of geometry helped him compose the Gettysburg Address. The result is a deeper and richer understanding of the Gettysburg Address that was not previously possible. This concise color examination of one of our nation’s most treasured and important speeches is perfect for all ages and especially for those interested in history, the use of language, and logic.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 19, 2017
    ISBN9781940669670
    The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address
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    David Hirsch

    David Hirsch is an attorney in Des Moines, Iowa. He has a BS from Michigan State University and a JD, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law. He clerked for an Iowa Supreme Court Justice from 1973 to 1974. In addition to a full‑time law practice, Hirsch was a columnist for the American Bar Association Journal for over a decade. Hirsch is admitted to practice in all Iowa state trial and appellate courts, plus: United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, United States Court of Claims, United States Tax Court.

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      The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address - David Hirsch

      THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

      David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften

      Savas Beatie

      California

      © 2016 by David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften

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      In my position it is somewhat important that I should not say any foolish things.

      Abraham Lincoln, November 18, 1863, one day before the Gettysburg Address.

      Library of Congress

      Abraham Lincoln

      Contents

      The Speech

      The Structure of Reason Colorized

      The Six Elements of a Proposition

      1. Enunciation

      2. Exposition

      3. Specification

      4. Construction

      5. Proof

      6. Conclusion

      Logical Development

      Linear Demarcation

      The Evidence

      Other Evidence

      Synergies

      Timeline

      Presidents

      Other Politicians and Public Figures

      Endnotes

      The Authors

      The Speech

      In his January 7, 1864, Annual Message, Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin reported:

      After the battle of Gettysburg, in which loyal volunteers from eighteen States, including Pennsylvania, were engaged, it appeared to me proper that all those States should unite

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