1. Introduction. 2. The Civil War: 1861-1865. 3. Surrender at the McLean House in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia: 1865. 4. Lincoln & his life: 1809-1865. 5. Gettysburg Address: Occasion & Purpose. 6. Unabridged reading of The Gettysburg Address: 1863. 7. Model for The Gettysburg Address: Pericles & his funeral Oration. 8. Thucydides the source: ca. 460 BC - ca. 395 BC. 9. Unabridged reading of the Pericles funeral oration: 431 BC. 10. Unabridged reading of the Emancipation Proclamation: 1863. 11. Martin Luther King's comments from his I Have a Dream speech. 12. Martin Luther King & his life: 1929-1968. 13. Simply Notes with interesting points to consider. 14. Simply Discussion with noteworthy subjects for essays and talks.