Lincoln himself thought his famous Gettysburg Address was a failure. To-day the whole world acclaims its greatness. Cast in bronze, it hangs on the wall of Balliol College, Oxford, regarded as the perfection of English prose. (Volume 43, Harvard Classics)
Abraham Lincoln born Feb. 12, 1809.
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XX), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Plutarch
Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans (Cæsar), by Plutarch
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book 17, Ch. 10-14), by Sir Thomas Malory
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi or The Betrothed (Ch. XX), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: George Berkeley
The Second Dialogue, by George Berkeley
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Compensation, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Beaumont and Fletcher
Philaster (Act I), by Beaumont and Fletcher
Introductory Note: Jonathan Swift
A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding, by Jonathan Swift
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Vol. I, Part I, Ch. XXXIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Francis Bacon
Of Judicature, by Francis Bacon
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Navigating Life After 40
Teaching Learning Leading K-12
Regenerative Skills
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
The Mel Robbins Podcast