 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
 | Curtis Hutson - Political Science - 2000 - 264 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.... | |
 | Stig Förster, Jorg Nagler - History - 2002 - 724 pages
...-we can not consecrate we can not allow— 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 to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — That we here... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - Reference - 2003 - 434 pages
...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... | |
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