> I'm not really sure why, but compare the grand language used by the early political leaders to, say, Obama, and it's striking.
IMO that's a direct consequence of becoming a real democracy: can't just target those rich enough to get a fancy education.
IIRC, the land ownership requirements had already gone by the time of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, but I expect them to have still been writing with such an audience in mind.
IMO that's a direct consequence of becoming a real democracy: can't just target those rich enough to get a fancy education.
IIRC, the land ownership requirements had already gone by the time of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, but I expect them to have still been writing with such an audience in mind.