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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does " on its announcement" mean "on the announcement of American Civil War"?
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Emerson visited Washington, D.C, at the end of January 1862. He gave a public lecture at the Smithsonian on January 31, 1862, and declared: "The South calls slavery an institution... I call it destitution... Emancipation is the demand of civilization".[116] The next day, February 1, his friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner took him to meet Lincoln at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House. Lincoln was familiar with Emerson's work, having previously seen him lecture.[117] Emerson's misgivings about Lincoln began to soften after this meeting.[118] In 1865, he spoke at a memorial service held for Lincoln in Concord: "Old as history is, and manifold as are its tragedies, I doubt if any death has caused so much pain as this has caused, or will have caused, on its announcement."[117] Emerson also met a number of high-ranking government officials, including Salmon P. Chase, the secretary of the treasury, Edward Bates, the attorney general, Edwin M. Stanton, the secretary of war, Gideon Welles, the secretary of the navy, and William Seward, the secretary of state.[119]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson#cite_ref-oliver_117-0
Emerson visited Washington, D.C, at the end of January 1862. He gave a public lecture at the Smithsonian on January 31, 1862, and declared: "The South calls slavery an institution... I call it destitution... Emancipation is the demand of civilization".[116] The next day, February 1, his friend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner took him to meet Lincoln at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House. Lincoln was familiar with Emerson's work, having previously seen him lecture.[117] Emerson's misgivings about Lincoln began to soften after this meeting.[118] In 1865, he spoke at a memorial service held for Lincoln in Concord: "Old as history is, and manifold as are its tragedies, I doubt if any death has caused so much pain as this has caused, or will have caused, on its announcement."[117] Emerson also met a number of high-ranking government officials, including Salmon P. Chase, the secretary of the treasury, Edward Bates, the attorney general, Edwin M. Stanton, the secretary of war, Gideon Welles, the secretary of the navy, and William Seward, the secretary of state.[119]
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson#cite_ref-oliver_117-0
Top answer
No, it means the announcement of Lincoln's death.
- No, it means the announcement of Lincoln's death.
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