CHAPTER XI.

THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH.

The Gettysburg Speech 169

A Modesty which scorned Eulogy for Achievements not his Own 170

Mr. Lincoln's Regret that he had not prepared the Gettysburg Speech with Greater Care 173

Mr. Everett's and Secretary Seward's Opinion of the Speech 174

The Reported Opinion of Mr. Everett 174

Had unconsciously risen to a Height above the Cultured Thought of the Period 176

Intrinsic Excellence of the Speech first discovered by European Journals 176

How the News of Mr. Lincoln's Death was received by Other Nations 176

Origin of Phrase "Government of the People, by the People, and for the People" 177