We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting-place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. " But, in a larger... Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency - Page 205by Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903Full view - About this book
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 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 or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 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 or detract. The •world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here ; but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Civil war - 1866 - 688 pages
...forget " ' We cannot consecrate nor hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract The world will but little note, nor long remember, what we say licre ; but it can never forget what they did... | |
| 1867 - 912 pages
...can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled hero have consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
| Arlington National Cemetery (Va.) - 1868 - 32 pages
...endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting-place of those who here gave their lives...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... | |
| William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...can not dedicate, we can not consecrate this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add...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... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 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 or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled herei have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It... | |
| Floyd Baker Wilson - Dialogues - 1869 - 208 pages
...endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that •war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting-place of those who here gave their lives...it far above our power to add or detract. The world •will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
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