Events, Dear Boy…
Events!
Abraham Lincoln’s
Cooper Union Address…
…in which one of American political history’s truly towering figures makes his stake for power with his epochal maiden New York speech…
1860
February the 27th…
Part One…
“ No former effort in the line of speech-making had cost Lincoln so much time & thought as this one…”
Barely a Household Name in his own household* at this particular point in history, Fifty-One year old Abraham, a man ahead of his time & old before his years has spent the previous weeks…
“Deep in study, writing, reviewing, revising & re-writing…”
…the speech that he hopes will change not only his own life but the lives of…
…millions!
…Now all the lanky Kentuckan Lawyer has to do is…
Should’ve grown a beard!
stand
&
deliver!
“ Mr President* & fellow citizens of New York…”
…Mmmm…
Lanky Kentuckan lawyer, Lincoln, had aquired especially for the occasion a $100* suite to make a suitedly…
striking impression!!
*…Close on $3,000 in today’s silly money…
“…I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour*…”
…Oh Dear !
“ When he rose to speak, I was greatly disappointed - He was tall, tall, SO tall! & so angular & awkward that I had for an instant, a feeling of pity for so…
…ungainly a man…
…*That’s no Lincoln line, you little liar !
