Professor Jeremi (Jeremy) Suri
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 16 Jul
Professor Jeremi (Jeremy) Suri’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He explained his writing technique.
He said, I listen for the words.
I try to find the right words and I bound them north.
I bound them south.
I bound them east.
I bound them west until I find the right words, until I find the right words.
And so he was doing that.
He intentionally, Don, wanted to move out of a constitutional framework.
This is really important because the constitution, although it does not mention the word slavery,
the Constitution had legalized slavery, right?
Slavery was legal under the Constitution.
And so he has to find an argument now that moves beyond the Constitution.
So he goes back to the Declaration, which of course, in this famous phrase, all men are created equal, would seem to militate against slavery.
Yes.
I mean, this is the brilliance of Lincoln.
It's also in his second inaugural.
This man who had two years of education probably wrote three of the 10 best speeches.
If we were doing 10, we'd have to do the first inaugural, Gettysburg Address, the second inaugural, right?
I mean, he outperforms everyone, right?
He's the Michael Jordan of presidential speeches.
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