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Lincoln’s problem after the Civil War is to explain the sacrifice and form a new vision that binds America after unprecedented fratricidal death.
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Gettysburg Address
Jiang interprets the Gettysburg Address as redefining independence as a revolution in human affairs and an experiment in human liberation, not merely separation from Britain.
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Jiang interprets the Gettysburg Address as redefining independence as a revolution in human affairs and an experiment in human liberation, not merely separation from Britain.
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Lincoln sanctifies the Civil War dead by making the living responsible for continuing their mission to spread liberty and preserve government of the people.
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"It was not about slavery. It was mainly about state rights. Okay? It was really about democracy versus empire. In a democracy, the states..."
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"...Okay? So, he presents this new vision in something called the Gettysburg Address, which is considered the greatest speech in American history."
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"Okay? This is 1863. Um, the Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest war, bloodiest battles in the American Civil War. And he,..."
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"In the Civil War, it is meant to destroy this experiment. Okay? So, we must persist in this experiment. We are met on a..."
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"It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so..."
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America begins here as a cure for civilization: a clean-slate game built from Enlightenment rights, self-help, property, and fair rules.
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