. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . LINCOLNS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS/. ^^^^^■^^^^^HERE are three sourcesof authority for LincolnsGettysburg address, or,to speak more concisely,three successive versionsof it — all identical inthought, but differingslightly in expression. Thelast of these is the regular outgrowth of thetwo which preceded it, and is the perfectedproduct of the Presidents rhetorical and lit-erary mastery. The three versions are: • 1. The original autograph MS. draft, writ-ten by Mr. Lincoln pardy at Washington andpartly at Gettysburg. 2. The version made by the shortha

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. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . LINCOLNS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS/. ^^^^^■^^^^^HERE are three sourcesof authority for LincolnsGettysburg address, or,to speak more concisely,three successive versionsof it — all identical inthought, but differingslightly in expression. Thelast of these is the regular outgrowth of thetwo which preceded it, and is the perfectedproduct of the Presidents rhetorical and lit-erary mastery. The three versions are: • 1. The original autograph MS. draft, writ-ten by Mr. Lincoln pardy at Washington andpartly at Gettysburg. 2. The version made by the shorthand re-porter on the stand at Gettysburg when thePresiflent delivered it, which was telegraphed,and was printed in the leading news])a]jers ofthe country on the following morning. 3. The revised copy made by the Presidenta few days after his return to Washington, upona careful comparison of his original draft andthe i>rinted nevvs[)a]ier version with his ownrecollections of the exact form in which hedelivered it. Mr. David Wills, of Gettysburg, first sug-gested the crea

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