 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
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - United States - 1877 - 323 pages
...endure. AVe 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877
...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....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... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 240 pages
...we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. 3. 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 Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 414 pages
...But, in a larger sense, 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.... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1879 - 246 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 or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - United States - 1879 - 250 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 or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
 | Michigan. Adjutant-General's Department - Michigan - 1880 - 996 pages
...sense we cannot consecrate, wo 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.... | |
 | Education - 1895
...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. * * * It is rather for us, the living, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Statesmen - 1881 - 444 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 here to be dedicated to the great task remaining... | |
 | John Wien Forney - Statesmen - 1873
...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...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... | |
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