tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post7263548416824806773..comments2024-01-26T01:43:08.150-07:00Comments on Ancestral Breezes: Speeches Making HistoryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088409491178996382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-75463617201708610612013-01-29T17:35:38.905-07:002013-01-29T17:35:38.905-07:00I always listen carefully, too. I was lucky to hav...I always listen carefully, too. I was lucky to have a teacher in high school that instilled the importance of the speeches in me. I made the connections between Obama and Lincoln's address after the fact, but was still happy that I was able to recognize the lines in both. <br />Hope others can gain from this, too. Very powerful way of studying where we are as a country, every four years. <br />As always, thanks for commenting, Mariann! ~JenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088409491178996382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1362503919392294415.post-8779329227070258122013-01-29T13:51:57.009-07:002013-01-29T13:51:57.009-07:00Oh, right away I copied your link to the inaugural...Oh, right away I copied your link to the inaugural address of all the Presidents. I love those speeches and listen to them carefully. Speeches are a special, powerful form of persuasive writing. (I used to teach Persuasive Writing, with a lawyer colleague.)I even made a copy of Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic Convention, because it was so well structured, and he chose & used numbers so deftly.<br /><br />Before Obama spoke, I had just read Lincoln's famously short 2nd Inaugural Address (700+) words. Lincoln referred to the Civil War with the phrases "blood of the lash" and "blood of the sword," and I noticed that Obama repeated those phrases, as well as phrases from the Declaration of Independence. These speeches both reflect an era and unify our country. Thanks for writing about them!Mariann Reganhttp://mariannregan.authorsxpress.comnoreply@blogger.com