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| GHcool |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 19:47:58
Today is the 198th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Lincoln is considered by many historians to be the greatest president of the United States ever. He freed the slaves and saved the union during the Civil War. Unforuntately, like so many other great leaders, he was assassinated at a time when his genius was needed most in the ante-bellum period, which was arguably as difficult as the Civil War itself, though for different reasons.
It also appears that Lincoln wrote for film and television! |
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| GHcool |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 22:02:26
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Originally posted by Salopian
With regards to abolishing slavery, don't forget the great William Wilberforce. I really hope they have made a good job of this film.
With Michael Apted directing, you can be sure to expect something classy and technically accomplished. IMDb says its coming out soon in the US. I've been pretty busy lately, but hopefully I'll get around to this one. |
| Stalean |
Posted - 02/14/2007 : 04:32:08
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Originally posted by Salopian
With regards to abolishing slavery, don't forget the great William Wilberforce. I really hope they have made a good job of this film.
I recently saw the trailer for this film at the cinema. It looked like it would be quite good, but then again, I love Ioan Gruffudd.  |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 10:15:53
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Originally posted by wildhartlivie
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
One of the highlights of my last visit to the States was being able to sit in Ford�s Theatre. Amazing to be able to see the gun that was used and to walk across the street to Petersen House.
I always find it fascinating to hear what people from other countries think about our national history.
I did an essay on Lincoln in primary school. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 10:04:43
Oh, it's got 8.1/10 - that's a good sign. This sounds ridiculously dramatic, but I feel slightly tearful at the thought. I covered him in A-level (last two years of secondary school) history and was so impressed by his fight. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 10:02:41
With regards to abolishing slavery, don't forget the great William Wilberforce. I really hope they have made a good job of this film. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 09:23:10
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
One of the highlights of my last visit to the States was being able to sit in Ford�s Theatre. Amazing to be able to see the gun that was used and to walk across the street to Petersen House.
I always find it fascinating to hear what people from other countries think about our national history. In this day of teams of speechwriters toiling over lengthy and verbose speeches which fill the better part of an hour or two, it's noteworthy to mention that Lincoln accomplished his Gettysburg address on his own merit, summarizing a long and ardorous war, reaffirming the goal of ending that war and re-uniting the country in 10 sentences and 272 words. If only the leaders of today demonstrated the same command of language.
In honor of his birthday, it seems "fitting and proper" to repeat the words that have bonded the country for 140 years:
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate�we can not consecrate�we can not hallow�this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us � that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion � that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain � that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom � and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Linoln was wrong about one thing. While the world has not forgotten the sacrifices made at Gettysburg, neither have they forgotten what was said there that day.
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| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 08:08:49
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Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
One of the highlights of my last visit to the States was being able to sit in Ford�s Theatre. Amazing to be able to see the gun that was used and to walk across the street to Petersen House.
So, like, what movie did you see??
Signed,
Joe American
That would be "Our American Cousin"
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| GHcool |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 06:37:44
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
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Originally posted by GHcool
He freed the slaves and saved the union during the Civil War.
Correction: he abolished slavery.
It took quite a while for the slaves to be actually freed.
Yes. The blacks were de facto slaves but de jure free immediately after the Emancipation Proclamation. Still quite an accomplishment, and I bet that they would have been de facto free sooner had Lincoln not been shot, but we will never know. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 02/13/2007 : 05:59:42
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Originally posted by GHcool
He freed the slaves and saved the union during the Civil War.
Correction: he abolished slavery.
It took quite a while for the slaves to be actually freed.
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| thefoxboy |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 23:09:48
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Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
One of the highlights of my last visit to the States was being able to sit in Ford�s Theatre. Amazing to be able to see the gun that was used and to walk across the street to Petersen House.
So, like, what movie did you see??
Who are the Petersens - some friends you were visiting???
Signed,
Joe American
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| GHcool |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 22:37:55
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Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
My fav knock, knock joke - as seen on an episode of M*A*S*H (although you really have to see/hear the delivery to enjoy it):
I like this one better:
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Interrupting cow.
Interrupting cow wh-
MOO!!!!! |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 21:58:25
My fav knock, knock joke - as seen on an episode of M*A*S*H (although you really have to see/hear the delivery to enjoy it):
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Abe Lincoln.
Abe Lincoln who?
DON"T YOU KNOW ME??!!
(followed by)
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
George Washington.
George Washington who?
Was Abe Lincoln just here? |
| Cheese_Ed |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 21:54:23
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
One of the highlights of my last visit to the States was being able to sit in Ford�s Theatre. Amazing to be able to see the gun that was used and to walk across the street to Petersen House.
So, like, what movie did you see??
Who are the Petersens - some friends you were visiting???
Signed,
Joe American |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 02/12/2007 : 21:47:07
One of the highlights of my last visit to the States was being able to sit in Ford�s Theatre. Amazing to be able to see the gun that was used and to walk across the street to Petersen House. |
