http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/16/gettysburg-address-retraction-newspaper-lincoln
"In the fullness of time, we have come to a different conclusion. No mere utterance, then or now, could do justice to the soaring heights of language Mr Lincoln reached that day. By today's words alone, we cannot exalt, we cannot hallow, we cannot venerate this sacred text, for a grateful nation long ago came to view those words with reverence, without guidance from this chagrined member of the mainstream media"
Among US commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the filmmaker Ken Burns, who made the landmark documentary series The Civil War, has filmed a number of public figures delivering the speech, including every living US president and the comedian Stephen Colbert.
