Chicago Times 1865 article about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

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In 1865, the Chicago Times wrote this about Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat, and dish-watery utterances of a man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as President of the United States.”

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