http://www.thesoapboxers.com/meditation-on-the-divine-will/ A web magazine that covers a world of topics every week. New articles published daily. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/meditation-on-the-divine-will/comment-page-1/#comment-7845 claire Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:55:58 +0000 http://www.thesoapboxers.com/?p=2706#comment-7845 Mr. Kelly, Googling the passage you quote, I stumbled across your post this morning and am not one of your regular readers. Your editorial omission of 'civil' and 'Union' intrigued me. Why did you do it? and having omitted them, why, then, immediately state the fact without offering an explanation for your decision? By removing Lincoln's references to the (very broadly stated) historical events that prompted his musing did you think to universalize his words? to give them a greater accessibility to your contemporary audience? Or was the omission related to your own pacifistic beliefs? Confused, --and admittedly somewhat concerned for the integrity of Lincoln’s great words,-- C Mr. Kelly,
Googling the passage you quote, I stumbled across your post this morning and am not one of your regular readers. Your editorial omission of ‘civil’ and ‘Union’ intrigued me. Why did you do it? and having omitted them, why, then, immediately state the fact without offering an explanation for your decision? By removing Lincoln’s references to the (very broadly stated) historical events that prompted his musing did you think to universalize his words? to give them a greater accessibility to your contemporary audience? Or was the omission related to your own pacifistic beliefs?
Confused,
–and admittedly somewhat concerned for the integrity of Lincoln’s great words,–
C
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