...was a President in the midst of the most serious of crises, Lincoln said: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address that there was at the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail of the course to be pursued seemed...

...imply, or acknowledge, that African Americans are his fellow countrymen too? "At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there...for an extended address than there was at the first. "—The reader may well feel that this is not a rousing start, to say the least. The awkward and official-sounding...

...imply, or acknowledge, that African Americans are his fellow countrymen too? "At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there...occasion for an extended address than there was at the first."—The reader may well feel that this is not a rousing start, to say the least. The awkward...

...sentence is that the speech as a whole will be one of unutterable dullness. "Then a statement, some what in detail, of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper." Seemed to whom? To be pursued by whom? One might think that this sounds more like an annual report...

...been at his first inauguration. During the past four years of war, he noted in a tone of weariness, "public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest." Consequently he could devote the larger part of his address to an explanation of the origins of the...

...shuffled his papers and stepped forward. There was silence. "Fellow-countrymen:—At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office there...Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pin-sued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations...

...President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, delivered in 1865: '"At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there...an extended address than there was at the first.'" As Slagell explains, the sentence is notable for its 'impersonal tone, use of the passive voice, and...

...Wilmington ofT Route 155. Inaugural Address March 4. 1865 Ahraham Iincolu 9 At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office. there...there was at the first. Then a statement. somewhat in detait, of a course to he pursued. seemed fining and proper. Now. at the expiration of four years....

...than there was at first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to he pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have heen constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the...

...witnessed seven states already separated from the Union and organized as the Confederate States of America. "Then, a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper."7 The purpose of the First Inaugural Address was to present the new Administration's plan for...