The Gettysburg Address
By Charles Adams
In years past, many of us of the older generation had to learn the Gettysburg Address given by president Abraham Lincoln to dedicate the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is chiseled in stone at the Lincoln Memorial and most Americans rank it with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. That it has survived with such reverence is one of the most bizarre aspects of the war, for while it may be good poetry, it certainly lacks good thinking. It reflected Lincoln’s logic, which was based on errors and falsehoods, and did not fit the world of his day. The following is taken, in part, from When in the Course of Human Events by Charles Adams:


Genesis 12:6-9


