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Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Wills’ book is featured this year in UC Berkeley’s On the Same Page program. He tried to expel fanaticism in times of war.” ![]() ![]() “Lincoln was always trying to calm people down in times of religious fervor. There have been some hellish things about religion and politics lately,” Wills said. “This too is a time of great trouble in many ways. Speaking to about 600 people, Wills discussed his book, “Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America,” touching on the religious and political circumstances that surrounded the president and his famous speech. It’s not often that students hear a speech about a speech, especially not one given nearly 150 years ago.īut last night at Zellerbach Hall, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills argued that Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address remains as relevant in the 21st century as it was during the Civil War. ![]()
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