...March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than...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...

...determination.] 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 first. Then, a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper....

...March 4, 1865. FELLOW COUNTRYMEN At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than...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...

...America." FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN, at this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than...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...

...4, 1865 Fellow-countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presi' clential office there is less occasion for an extended address than...somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fit' ting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been...

...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...the first. Then a statement somewhat in detail, of course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which...

...it." In the event, the address actually came out to seven hundred and three words, and in it he saw "less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first" inauguraL "Public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great...

...triumph in the war and outlining future policies. Instead, the president told his audience that after four years "during which public declarations have...forth on every point and phase of the great contest . . . , little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly...

...loss of their great leader. : At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than...first. Then, a statement, somewhat in detail, of a coarse to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which...

...follows": 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. . . . The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public...