"The World Will Little Note" Or, Did It?

Gettysburg in Memorial.  From the MCCWRT July bulletin.

On June 1, 1865, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner gave a eulogy for the recently deceased President Abraham Lincoln.  He referred to Lincoln's most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address and called it a "monumental act."

He said Lincoln was wrong when he said that "the world will little note nor long remember what we say here."  Sumner said, "The world noted at once what he said, and will never ever cease to remember it."

"The battle itself was less important than the speech."

Well, I Don't Know About That.  --Old Secesh