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
| George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 438 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." "We distinctly trace the growth of this feeling of religious consecration... | |
| Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 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... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 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... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 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 hero dedicated to the great task remaining... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 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.... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 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 lonij remember, what \ve say here, but it can never forget what they did here.... | |
| Education - 1866 - 314 pages
...endure. We are met upon 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... | |
| American Tract Society (Boston, Mass.) - Freed persons - 1866 - 278 pages
...can not consecrate, we can not hallow, this ground. 3. 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. 4. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining... | |
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