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The brave men , living and dead , who struggled here , havo consecrated it for •
above our power to add or detract . ... It is for us , the living , rather to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far
so nobly ...
The brave men , living and dead , who struggled here , havo consecrated it for •
above our power to add or detract . ... It is for us , the living , rather to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far
so nobly ...
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| Title | History of the Administration of President Lincoln |
| Author | Henry Jarvis Raymond |
| Publisher | J.C. Derby & N.C. Miller, 1864 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 May 2007 |
| ISBN | 1432809016, 9781432809010 |
| Length | 8 pages |
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