 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
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...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...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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...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." More than any other place in the United States, tlus battlefield is indeed hallowed ground. Perhaps... | |
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