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America's appetite for history on TV is simple: if it's not ours and nothing blows up, we're not interested. But we should all make an exception for author Simon Schama's A History of Britain (History Channel, Nov. 4 and 5, 9p.m. E.T.), a densely packed but lively and entertaining documentary that looks at great events as an exchange of ideas more than of artillery rounds...
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...
...Schama, too, was awarded one of these teaching awards as a Harvard professor...