The Purpose Is What Has Endured

Title: The Purpose Is What Has Endured
Category: History
Details: Words: 615 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Purpose Is What Has Endured

“Today we’ve had a national tragedy.” President George W. Bush spoke these words after a horrendous attack on America. As we watched bombs fly into steel and then explode, we waited to hear the advice and comfort our President would give to us. One hundred thirty-seven years ago, President Abraham Lincoln experienced a similar “national tragedy” for a duration of four years. Lincoln’s second inaugural address had to provide the United States of …showed first 75 words of 615 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 615 total…C. White Jr. tells us that, “Lincoln offered his sermon as the prism through which he himself strained to see the light of God. The refractions from that prism point to judgment and hope,” (203) but there might be a different intention. Lincoln’s address has survived because its purpose is unlike any of the other presidents. No other president had to bring together a country after it was torn apart by a bloody civil massacre.

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