Lincoln's Second Inaugural

-shorter -trys to create bond between N&S -he singularizes (each boy, each widow) shows empathy -modest tries to connect with south talked about God IGNITE UNITY "both sides tried to avoid war, one pushed war and the other accepted"

those who were slaveholders claimed to be Christians

objective with religious tone -asked people to think about cause and meaning of war

yes is a literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed.

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cold and rainy

Andrew Johnson

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-he says the cause of the war was slavery - It was God's punishment on the US for having slavery (to the south) and for permitting it (to the North)

oddly short, 700 words. war speeches are short.

a sermon

41 days after the inaugural

more epidictic and less deliberative because he does not talk about a plan of action

he uses the singular tense of "widow" because it makes it emotional, more sincere, and more personable.

God (14) and 4 references of prayer Becomes known as Lincoln's "sermon on the mount"

forgiving Polysyndeton Expression of anger, but also needs a constructive attitude because the war is almost over

final common ground - if there is a god, why war? south: for creating it, north: accepting it explanation of the war - uses bible quotes look forward to reconstruction

appealing to public to be against succession - persuaded in first -during the war, no time for long speech

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