Which detail best shows that Lincoln did not think highly of himself? We need to remember that 1(this is often how history happens). Background music does not swell at the crucial moment, and 2(trumpets do not
sound, when the events of history are actually taking place). The orator or the soldier has to wonder whether he is acting in vain, whether 3(the
criticisms of others are in fact warranted), whether time will judge him harshly, 5(Few great men have felt this burden more completely than
Lincoln)