SBAND Seminar Materials 2013 Legal Writing: Jim Covington Presentation | Page 37

Abraham Lincoln ? ? Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was 272 words in 10 sentences. Delivered in two - three minutes. Of those 272 words, 206 were one syllable. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address was 701 words; 505 were one syllable. Delivered in six minutes. (Sources, Julie Oseid and William Zinsser) 37