 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
 | J. Howard Wert - Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) - 1886 - 246 pages
...endure. We are met on a great battlefield of the war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final restingplace 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 remain" ing... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - United States - 1886 - 928 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...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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 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...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... | |
 | American literature - 1886 - 528 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...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... | |
 | Ovando James Hollister - Biography & Autobiography - 1886 - 570 pages
...ground. He whose remains slumber here till the resurrection morn has, by his services to this nation, 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 he did for us. Let... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 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. It... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 - 1887 - 644 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...dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - United States - 1887 - 252 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...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... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 - 1887 - 644 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...dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before... | |
 | John Trainer - United States - 1887 - 252 pages
...words; " 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 here;but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
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