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Name: _______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Comparing the Nicolay Copy and the Hay Draft


1. What do you think is the most significant difference in wording between the
Nicolay Copy and the Hay Draft? __________________________________
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2. Why do you think this change was made? ___________________________
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3. How does this difference in wording change your understanding of the texts
meaning, if at all? ______________________________________________
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4. What about the changes to the grammar and the paragraph structure? ______
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5. Would these changes have been important? __________________________
6. Do they change the meaning? _____________________________________
7. Why do we still study this speech? _________________________________
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8. Why is it still important? _________________________________________
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