Edward Everitt, a preeminent orator of his age, spoke for more than three hours before Lincoln's brief speech. His speech is little known nor long remembered. jks
--- JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote:
> >> 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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