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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (659)	5/8/2003 3:51:32 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793866

As I recall, Lincoln was almost universally panned at Gettysburg. He himself sat down saying, "that speech won't scour," meaning, it didn't work. Nobody was ready to appreciate a two-minute speech after two hours of Mr. Everett's rhetoric. I have read a contemporary newspaper account of the dedication of the graveyard at Gettysburg. They didn't even mention that the President gave a speech.