Word: schama
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...What if instead of taking expository writing, you had to take expository speaking?” Schama said...
...example of the shifting standards applied to public addresses, he mentioned former University President Edward Everett, who Schama said spoke for two hours before Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address...
According to Schama, the speech was rhetorically excellent, but did not stand out—and was thus somewhat overlooked by history—because most of the speeches at the time fit the same high standard...
...Schama went on to joke about Everett’s presidency...
...Everett was not the most auspicious presidency. He kept getting into trouble,” Schama said...