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The particular past that Lincoln cultivates retains its ability to surprise and to make us take notice. One would expect the president to root his address in the Constitution that created his office, but the great address is defiantly silent about the initial Constitution.
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One would expect the president to root his address in the Constitution that created his office, but the great address is defiantly silent about the initial Constitution.