Why does Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address matter today?

Catherine Clinton, Susan-Mary Grant & Tim Lockley on the resonance of Lincoln’s speech

26 May 2016

3 minutes

This clip is from

In Our Time—The Gettysburg Address

"Especially to us reading now, that seems like a massive hole in the book. It seems ridiculous."
Duration: 03:19
'It remains shocking today'
Duration: 01:16
'Romeo is slightly ridiculous in the early scenes'
Duration: 02:10
Why did Nero kill his mother?
Duration: 03:52