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Abraham Lincoln

It's this tiny littlespeech, 272 words, yet it distilledall of the truths that he'd been...

It's this tiny little
speech, 272 words, yet it distilled
all of the truths that he'd been thinking about, including the tragic
truth that a great many brave young
men on both sides killed each other to make
this a better country

Full Transcript

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- It's this tiny little speech, 272 words,
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yet it distilled all of the truths
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that he'd been thinking about,
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including the tragic truth that a great
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many brave young men on both sides
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killed each other to make this a better country.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:28
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, biography, drama

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Movie Summary

Through a poverty-ridden childhood on the American frontier, Lincoln is determined to leave his mark on the world.
S01 • E01 - At the time, like Lincoln, there's another young man - Abraham Lincoln 00:10
- At the time, like Lincoln, there's another young man
S01 • E02 What I need now is someone - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
What I need now is someone
S01 • E01 Frederick Douglass had been born into slavery, - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
Frederick Douglass had been born into slavery,
S01 • E03 And the best way to honor their sacrifice - Abraham Lincoln 00:14
And the best way to honor their sacrifice
S01 • E02 - Mr. President, if you'll let me, - Abraham Lincoln 00:11
- Mr. President, if you'll let me,
S01 • E01 He was chosen when he was about eight or nine years old - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
He was chosen when he was about eight or nine years old
S01 • E01 His mistress had never had a slave before - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
His mistress had never had a slave before
S01 • E02 They will have the best uniforms, the best rifles, - Abraham Lincoln 00:14
They will have the best uniforms, the best rifles,
S01 • E03 - Lincoln took people to the past, to 1776, - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
- Lincoln took people to the past, to 1776,
S01 • E01 And so out of the goodness of her heart - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
And so out of the goodness of her heart
S01 • E01 - And the more he reads, it's a fire in his belly. - Abraham Lincoln 00:05
- And the more he reads, it's a fire in his belly.
S01 • E03 Then to the present, to this great Civil War - Abraham Lincoln 00:14
Then to the present, to this great Civil War
S01 • E01 This is why they don't want to educate the Negro, - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
This is why they don't want to educate the Negro,
S01 • E02 And then I'm going to march - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
And then I'm going to march
S01 • E01 - [Kenneth] And Frederick knew that he would one day - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
- [Kenneth] And Frederick knew that he would one day
S01 • E03 And a proposition that all men are created equal - Abraham Lincoln 00:12
And a proposition that all men are created equal
S01 • E01 (horse neighing) - Abraham Lincoln 00:06
(horse neighing)
S01 • E02 (Lincoln sighs) - Abraham Lincoln 00:07
(Lincoln sighs)
S01 • E02 He was elected captain in the Blackhawk War, - Abraham Lincoln 00:08
He was elected captain in the Blackhawk War,
S01 • E03 Can a nation dedicated to that proposition - Abraham Lincoln 00:09
Can a nation dedicated to that proposition