1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Many of us in America know a few phrases of it here and there because we all had to read it in high school. We know it was a good speech, totally reaffirming freedom while honoring war dead, yadda&amp;nbsp;yadda. But lost in the cliches is how significant it was that Lincoln was able to make such a speech at&amp;nbsp;such a time, and make it stick. He had a LOT riding against people even taking the speech seriously, let&amp;nbsp;alone holding it up later as an example of everything America stands for. In part 1, I explain why. Edge of History http://www.edgeofhistorypodcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/25875654/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/145973856