Addressat Gettysburg
by AbrahamLincoln (1809-1865)
1. Four scoreand seven years ago/ our fathers brought forth/ on this continent, a newnation,
2. conceived inliberty/ and dedicated to the proposition/ that all men are created equal.
3. Now we areengaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation/ soconceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
4. We are met ona great battlefield of that war.
5. We have cometo dedicate/ a portion of that field/
6. as a finalresting place/ for those who here gave their lives/ that that nation mightlive.
7. It isaltogether fitting and proper/ that we should do this.
8. But, in alarger sense/, we cannot dedicate/ -- we cannot consecrate/ -- we cannot hallow-- this ground.
9. The brave menliving and dead/, who struggled here/ have consecrated it/ far above our poorpower/ to add or to detract.
10. The worldwill little note/ nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget/what they did here.
11. It is for us, the living/, rather to bededicated here/ to the unfinished work/ which they who fought here/ have thusfar so nobly advanced.
12. It is ratherfor us to be here/ dedicated to the great task/ remaining before us/ --- thatfrom these honored dead/
13. we takeincreased devotion/ to that cause for which/ they gave the last full measure ofdevotion/;
14. that we herehighly resolve/ that these dead/ shall not have died in vain/ --- that thisnation, under God/, shall have a new birth of freedom/ ——
15. and thatgovernment/ of the people/, by the people/, for the people/, shall not perish/from the earth.
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