It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us... Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 171by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 432 pages
...what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here. 4. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they...far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased... | |
| John Russell Bartlett - Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.) - 1874 - 138 pages
...dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add...these honored dead we take increased devotion to the ca\ise for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion, — that we here highly resolve... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add...far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from LITTLE CLASSICS. these honored dead... | |
| Lucius Alonzo Butterfield - 1874 - 36 pages
...what we say here ; but it can never forget what they did here. It Is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they...far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from these honored dead we take increased... | |
| John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1875 - 584 pages
...what we say here ; but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they...far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from these honored dead we take increased... | |
| Daniel Webster Wilder - History - 1875 - 692 pages
...remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us ; that from... | |
| Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled hero, havo consecrated it far above our power to add or detract....far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased... | |
| John Ellsworth Goodrich - Patriotic literature, American - 1877 - 108 pages
...what we say here ; but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they...far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased... | |
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