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what does this 'justly' here mean?
As a speaker, Abraham Lincoln grasped Mark Twain's later insight: "Few souls are
saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon." The trick, of course, was not simply to
be brief but to say a great deal in the fewest words. Lincoln *justly boasted of his second
presidential address's seven hundred words.
what does this 'justly' here mean?
As a speaker, Abraham Lincoln grasped Mark Twain's later insight: "Few souls are
saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon." The trick, of course, was not simply to
be brief but to say a great deal in the fewest words. Lincoln *justly boasted of his second
presidential address's seven hundred words.
As a speaker, Abraham Lincoln grasped Mark Twain's later insight: "Few souls are
saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon." The trick, of course, was not simply to
be brief but to say a great deal in the fewest words. Lincoln *justly boasted of his second
presidential address's seven hundred words.
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justly = with good reason, in a justified way
Lincoln was proud of his speech because it was short but very effective. He had a good reason to be proud of it, since it was such a good speech.
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