“I do not seek applause, nor to amuse the people, I want to convince them.” —Abraham Lincoln David Hirsch and Dan Van Haften AUTHOR'S VOICE® The Ultimate Guide to the Gettysburg Address VIDEO from The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop (A House Divided) Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason at The National Archives II (University Park Maryland), March 26, 2011. David Hirsch Speech at National Archives II (video).  It was a joy to present the Declaration of Independence demarcated into the six elements of a proposition. In 2011, Hirsch presented it linearly, in black and white. Today we would be colorize it (brown, green, or red by concept. We would also present a "three dimensional colorized pyramid", to illustrate the synergies of factual foundation (brown), logical structure (green), and argument (red), which we do in our last three books.  Author discussion at end of National Archives conference.  Abraham Lincoln and David Hirsch at Lincoln's Washington, D.C., summer home, March 27, 2011.  Dan Van Haften getting ready at April 21, 2011, Books Between Bites -Batavia Public Library, Batavia, Illinois.  About 140 people at Books Between Bites, Batavia Public Library to hear Dan speak on Abraham Lincoln and the Structure of Reason.   Signing books.      A Dread Shot: Dan and Roger Brooke Taney at Maryland State House, Annapolis. |
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