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Gettysburg Address, world-famous speech delivered by U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln at the dedication (November 19, 1863) of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (July 1–3, 1863). The main address at the dedication ceremony was a two-hour speech delivered by Edward Everett, the best-known orator of the time. Steeped in the tradition of ancient Greek oratory, Everett’s speech was some 13,000 words long, but he delivered it without notes. It included allusions to the Battle of Marathon and comparisons with the English Civil Wars, the War of the Roses, and wars in German, French, and Italian history, along with a dissection of the Confederate “rebellion” and an exhaustive description of the events leading up the the battle itself. Following such a performance, Lincoln's little address (just 272 words long) would appear to have received little attention. Despite some criticism from his opponents, it was extensively repeated and applauded, and it quickly became recognized as one of the classic utterances of all time, a masterwork of prose poetry. "I wish I could delude myself that I had come as close to the essential idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes," Everett wrote to Lincoln the day after the ceremony.
(its 217 words add a little intro at the start or add more :) )