Making Connections: - In his 1992 book, Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, historian Garry Wills says of Lincoln’s second inaugural address that it “complements and completes the Gettysburg Address” (which Wills regards as Lincoln’s finest). He contends that the second inaugural “is the only speech worthy to stand with it.” Historian Ronald C. White Jr., in his 2002 book, Lincoln’s Greatest Speech, the Second Inaugural, claims that Lincoln himself considered the latter speech his best and writes, “For too long the Second Inaugural Address has lived within the shadow of the Gettysburg Address.” Who is right? Do you agree with Wills or with White? Defend the position of one of these historians, using the texts of both speeches and your knowledge of American history.