tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post5611341935739004804..comments2024-01-27T23:26:35.301-08:00Comments on Live with Flair: The IronyHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289182682225179442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-45158251847100298472010-09-28T10:16:03.730-07:002010-09-28T10:16:03.730-07:00I took a few minutes to read the Gettysburg Addres...I took a few minutes to read the Gettysburg Address again. It's so moving now, it's hard to believe it was once thought that it would be forgotten.<br /><br />It's also moving to me in a very personal way as we approach the anniversary of Justin's death in Iraq..."that these dead shall not have died in vain."Charityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265760939830626556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-27468364942994418582010-09-25T20:46:07.950-07:002010-09-25T20:46:07.950-07:00Thank you for another insightful post on life. Thi...Thank you for another insightful post on life. This is my first comment but there are so many more I've wanted to thank you for. Keep posting your thoughts--your perspective is refreshing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-78153086403392002332010-09-25T18:54:09.535-07:002010-09-25T18:54:09.535-07:00Poetic justice indeed! Nice comment! I did learn...Poetic justice indeed! Nice comment! I did learn that about Everett. Funny how "good" doesn't mean long. Short and sweet can bring the point home.LivewithFlairhttp://www.livewithflair.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-10805995865706382522010-09-25T14:49:39.599-07:002010-09-25T14:49:39.599-07:00The other speaker at Gettysburg -- Edward Everett,...The other speaker at Gettysburg -- Edward Everett, a famous orator of the time -- spoke for two hours. The newspaper editorialists and pundits raved about his speech. Today, no one remembers anything about it -- or the orator himself. But he knew what Lincoln had accomplished -- and told him that he, Lincoln, had done in two minutes what he, Everett, had tried to do in two hours.Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486740904602696078.post-52380213044364911562010-09-25T14:24:32.453-07:002010-09-25T14:24:32.453-07:00I love this kind of poetic justice.
(Had to use t...I love this kind of poetic justice.<br /><br />(Had to use that phrase, under the circumstances. After all, I came over through Glynn's Random Acts of Poetry :)L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.com