Keeping it brief (Was Re: Lazare responds)

JBrown72073 at cs.com JBrown72073 at cs.com
Tue Jan 14 11:09:07 PST 2003



>> I suspect it's nearly impossible to say anything cogent or gripping
>> about the world situation in under 3 minutes.
>
>The Gettysburg address takes about three minutes to
>read aloud, maybe less. . . . Though I gather it was a
>flop as given, or Lincoln thought so.
>
>jks

I said 'nearly.' If Lincoln were squeezed in for 3 minutes in a 4-hour ANSWER rally, the world really would little note nor long remember what he said there.

Jenny Brown



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