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title: Timely advice...Though Given A century Ago!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/timely-advice-though-given-a-century-ago-1962/
description: A stern, arms-folded Uncle Sam sits at a desk on which lies a paper reading 'We will bury you!! N.K.', while a standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln looms
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# Timely advice...Though Given A century Ago!

A stern, arms-folded Uncle Sam sits at a desk on which lies a paper reading 'We will bury you!! N.K.', while a standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln looms behind him beside a quotation: 'the necessity of being READY increases ... LOOK TO IT!' signed A. Lincoln, 1861. The cartoon argues that a Lincoln quotation on readiness applies to the Soviet challenge.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
"....the necessity of being READY increases ......LOOK TO IT!"
A. Lincoln
1861
WE WILL BURY YOU!! N.K.
JIM BERRYMAN
WASHINGTON STAR
```

[← "Der Schutzpatron der Westberliner Spionageorganisation Lemmer": ADN photomontage](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/adn-lemmer-photomontage-1962/) [The Time Is Still Now! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-the-time-is-still-now-1962/)

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