Comparing Lincoln to King on the 50th of "I Have a Dream"

From the August 28, 2013, USA Today. USA Snapshots "'Dream' speeched echoed Lincoln"

"Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, delivered 50 years ago today-- came 100 years after President Lincoln's famous speech (at Gettysburg). Here's how they compare. Gettysburg first, Dream second:

SPEAKER: Lincoln /// King

YEAR: 1863 /// 1963

NUMBER OF WORDS: 272 /// 1652

TIME: 3 minutes /// 17 minutes

OPENING LINE: "Four score and seven years ago...." /// "Five score years ago, a great American signed the Emancipation Proclamation."

--Cooter