Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Fellow Countrymen:

At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention, and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it – all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war – seeking to dissolve the Union and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.

One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend6 the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other.

It may seem strange that any man should dare to ask just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not that we are not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. “Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!”

If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope – fervently do we pray – that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said: “the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether.”

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

How does paragraph 5 contribute to the development of ideas in the text?

The change that Lincoln claims has ocurred between his First and Second Inaugural Address is b) In the First Inaugural Address he proposes a plan for the nation, and in the Second Inaugural Address he references the progress of war in the nation.

In his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln calls for reconciliation between the Union and the seceded states, claiming for territory that belonged to the nation and announcing that the Union was not ever going to fall apart. This was all part of his plan for the nation.

In his Second Inaugural Address, he talked about sadness. This speech represented a protection of Reconstruction, which ideals were equality in treatment between North and South, remarking how wrong people were in their imagination of the war.

The change that Lincoln claims has ocurred between his First and Second Inaugural Address is b) In the First Inaugural Address he proposes a plan for the nation, and in the Second Inaugural Address he references the progress of war in the nation.

In his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln calls for reconciliation between the Union and the seceded states, claiming for territory that belonged to the nation and announcing that the Union was not ever going to fall apart. This was all part of his plan for the nation.

In his Second Inaugural Address, he talked about sadness. This speech represented a protection of Reconstruction, which ideals were equality in treatment between North and South, remarking how wrong people were in their imagination of the war.

D) He wants to emphasize that the country's two opposing sides must become one.

Explanation:

In this text, Lincoln talks about the situation of the country due to the Civil War. Lincoln emphasizes all the things that each side expected, as well as all the difficulties that they each encountered. However, Lincoln also employs a lot of words that emphasize unity, such as "we," "us" and "both." The president most likely employs this type of words in order to emphasize the importance of the two sides of the war reuniting eventually and becoming one.

The word could reffer to the fact that four years have passed and the effects of the passing of time are described by comparison to the way they were at the begining of all of that so the word is used to replace summarising which means anything else then waste

B

A

Both answers have flaws. They are the best of bad choices.

Explanation:

This quotation comes from the Bible (Matthew 18:7) and as far as I can tell, it is a paraphrase. These words say that the world must suffer through the bad (evil) that man creates; Lincoln is trying to say that it is bad enough we must suffer through these things, it is worse for he who brings the suffering upon us. He is not condemnatory. He is never condemnatory. He is not judgmental,  not in the usual sense.

He is not aggressive and unforgiving. Anything but. He is puzzled and full of compassion for the events that he sees around him.

He is not being superior. Never that.

The best answer is the words shift from anger to pity, but it is not a great answer. The answer is B

B

The war is nearly over. He knows that. He is full of compassion for those who found a need to fight the war. Your answer is between A and D and both are in his speech. I think I would lean to A, but do not be surprised at D.

B

A

Both answers have flaws. They are the best of bad choices.

Explanation:

This quotation comes from the Bible (Matthew 18:7) and as far as I can tell, it is a paraphrase. These words say that the world must suffer through the bad (evil) that man creates; Lincoln is trying to say that it is bad enough we must suffer through these things, it is worse for he who brings the suffering upon us. He is not condemnatory. He is never condemnatory. He is not judgmental,  not in the usual sense.

He is not aggressive and unforgiving. Anything but. He is puzzled and full of compassion for the events that he sees around him.

He is not being superior. Never that.

The best answer is the words shift from anger to pity, but it is not a great answer. The answer is B

B

The war is nearly over. He knows that. He is full of compassion for those who found a need to fight the war. Your answer is between A and D and both are in his speech. I think I would lean to A, but do not be surprised at D.

C]

The anger comes from the misplaced objectives of both North and South. No party, according to this speech, was willing enough to see peace as a worthwhile alternative to a war that was inevitable given what each thought. This thought comes at the end of paragraph 2.

The history of the Bible's response to this kind of thing is put there to shift a proper religious interpretation of what the war actually meant, and what prayer actually accomplished, and how a loving God would respond to such prayer.

The shift is absolutely concluded right at the beginning of the next paragraph, It, in fact, begs the nation to seek healing. Lincoln hopes that the war will be put away quickly and the union will once again be one.

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Early photography and Daguerreotype Medium.

Louis Daguerre invented a new process he dubbed a daguerrotype in 1839, which significantly reduced exposure time and created a lasting result, but only produced a single image.

Louis Daguerre called his invention "daguerreotype." His method, which he disclosed to the public late in the summer of 1839, consisted of treating silver-plated copper sheets with iodine to make them sensitive to light, then exposing them in a camera and "developing" the images with warm mercury vapor.

Daguerreotypes became an equalizer among classes. No longer were likenesses only created for the super rich. An average person could walk into a portrait studio, sit for an image, and have the same product as the millionaire down the street. The popularity gave rise to picture factories

Views of modernity and capitalism heavily influenced Daguerre’s discovery because his main goal was to improve and modernize the process previously used to capture images and to upgrade what he saw using camera obscura.

People could start to develop a visual history, not only the rich could afford to have a portrait made, and people could collect images of their friends and family.