林肯和他的《葛底斯堡演讲》

Abraham Lincoln and His Famous “The Gettysburg Address”

亚伯拉罕·林肯,这位举世闻名的美国平民总统为世人所熟知的是他废除了惨无人道的奴隶制度,消除了美国资本主义发展的桎梏;他领导美国人民经历了艰苦卓绝的内战,维护了国家的统一。但是世人还应该知道他著名的只有10句话、271个词仅持续了不到3分钟的《葛底斯堡演讲》及其背景和影响。这一演讲被认为是英语演讲中的最高典范,这篇文稿的遣词和民主思想还极大地影响了法国宪法和孙中山的三民主义的思想主张以及马丁·路德·金的《我有一个梦想》。

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