uot; Constitution (which approved slavery) by slightly changing the perception of what it conveyed, and brought forth a new document. It is with this speech that Lincoln gave birth to a new revolution. He did not only win the war by guns; he had at that moment won the war with words. It is those words that have conceived the Constitution as we understand it today- and he did it all in a mere 272 words. That is the bold thesis of this book. Wills does a fantastic job at finding aspects that contributed to Gettysburg Address and justifying their importance his explication skills and his ingenious analysis.
             All of Lincoln's previous training and experiences in politics went into the composition of the Gettysburg Address. Garry Wills suggests we study ever
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