Bubbadential ideas you listed for us, Yes Virginian, there is Clause for Doubt...

[Frances Morey]

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Wayne,
Only law students are required to memorize it, the GB address. 
That list of thoughts was a lovely paen to literacy. Then again, I also think I heard on NPR that human intelligence potential dropped with the invention of writing! Before writing they had to memorize whole plays, tracts, poems etc. to preserve and pass them on to future generations by lifelong retelling to preserve the ideas. When writing comes about there is no longer the need to develop the brain as a repository to store all the great stuff. Makes sense.
Frances

Wayne Johnson <cadaobh@shentel.net> wrote:
Listened last night...on the radio...to Carl Sandurg reading selections from
Abraham Lincoln and not the G'bug address. I wasn't paying early attention
but I think what I heard was an address to Congress.

Thoughts:

No President in the past fifty or sixty years appears to have written his
own speechs.

No President in my memory (which goes back to FDR) has had anywhere near the
eloquence and depth of thought as Lincoln.

No President would *dare* to debate either Lincoln or Douglas...especially
for say, four or five hours. They would look like monkeys
if they tried.

No Presidential candidate in the last fifty years could produce anything
remotely resembling the G. Address in terms of depth of meaning to length of
speech. And all who were there expected something much, much longer.

As American History is replaced by something called "Social Studies", fewer
and fewer people will ever read or hear what this man says or have any kind
of exposure to him and his thinking except for the most simplicistic and
superficial.

Well, most Nation States have had there lumiinous and gifted leaders, then
sank into the mire of History. The US will do the same. Hope the Chinese
have some good Historians.

wj






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<DIV>Wayne,</DIV>
<DIV>Only law students are required to memorize it, the GB address. </DIV>
<DIV>That list of thoughts was a lovely paen to literacy. Then again, I also think I heard on NPR that human intelligence potential dropped with the invention of writing! Before writing they had to memorize whole plays, tracts, poems etc. to preserve and pass them on to future generations by lifelong retelling to preserve the ideas. When writing comes about there is no longer&nbsp;the need to develop the brain as a repository&nbsp;to store all the great stuff. Makes sense.</DIV>
<DIV>Frances<BR><BR><B><I>Wayne Johnson &lt;cadaobh@shentel.net&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Listened last night...on the radio...to Carl Sandurg reading selections from<BR>Abraham Lincoln and not the G'bug address. I wasn't paying early attention<BR>but I think what I heard was an address to Congress.<BR><BR>Thoughts:<BR><BR>No President in the past fifty or sixty years appears to have written his<BR>own speechs.<BR><BR>No President in my memory (which goes back to FDR) has had anywhere near the<BR>eloquence and depth of thought as Lincoln.<BR><BR>No President would *dare* to debate either Lincoln or Douglas...especially<BR>for say, four or five hours. They would look like monkeys<BR>if they tried.<BR><BR>No Presidential candidate in the last fifty years could produce anything<BR>remotely resembling the G. Address in terms of depth of meaning to length of<BR>speech. And all who were there expected something much, much longer.<BR><BR>As American History is replaced by
 something called "Social Studies", fewer<BR>and fewer people will ever read or hear what this man says or have any kind<BR>of exposure to him and his thinking except for the most simplicistic and<BR>superficial.<BR><BR>Well, most Nation States have had there lumiinous and gifted leaders, then<BR>sank into the mire of History. The US will do the same. Hope the Chinese<BR>have some good Historians.<BR><BR>wj<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr size=1><font face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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