Great article. Also take a look at the article specifically about the speech : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If-by-whiskey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If-by-wh

Great article. Also take a look at the article specifically about the speech : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If-by-whiskey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If-by-whiskey . The op's link is to the speech's author.