William Safire has a worthy note on the Gettysburg Address in Sundays New York Times Magazine that is worth a read. Also note Ken Masugis addition at The Remedy:
"While its good that William Safire uses his Feb. 9 Sunday NY
Times Magazine On Language column to discuss the
Gettysburg Address, its too bad that he didnt note that
Lincolns dating of the nations age comes from the 90th
Psalm, in the language of the King James Bible, which dates
a mans years as at most four score-- to live longer is to risk
decrepitude. The Civil War is Americas four score and
seven-- is America ready for the grave? That is the
Lincolns challenge-- to make a free nation last longer than a
human lifespan."
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