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Lincoln's emancipation decision. and he pushed me to say, okay, but what's the history of "st battle hymn of the republic." ♪ your eyes can see the glory of the coming of the lord ♪ >> it's not just something that emerged from the sky and became this hymn. it was written in one night, took john brown's body as the melody and has totally shaped us ever since in a way that -- and this is against my interests -- but in a way prose doesn't, right? >> right. >> emotion. >> emotion. and what's interesting about this is -- and this is what we spent all of our time talking about is how do we get o...

>> it's rainman. >> yeah, that's true. i watch "the people's court" and do that. what i learned from tim was the emotional content of the artistic expressions in the moment. because i would think of things, of course, as, this is what franklin roosevelt did. this was lincoln's emancipation decision. and he pushed me to say, okay, but what's the history of "the battle hymn of the republic"? ♪ it's not just something that emerged from the sky and became this marshal hymn. it was written in one night by julia ward howell at willard's hotel, took john brown's body from the melody, and has totall...