The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat and dishwatery utterances of the man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the President of the United States.

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, July 24). Gettysburg Address. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gettysburg_Address&oldid=1236462443

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Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Matthew 12:44 NIV

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the media was putrid back then too