Matching Pairs Gettysburg AddressOnline version Directions: Match Abraham Lincoln's words with the simpler terms we went over in class. First try without your notes, then you will be able to use them. by Riley Glenn 1 and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal 2 It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. 3 It is for us living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far nobly advanced. 4 testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure 5 Four score and seven years ago 6 The brae men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. 7 that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, shall not perish from the earth." 8 The word will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 9 We met on a great battlefield of that war 10 We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. 11 "But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. 12 our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty 13 that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain 14 It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that... 15 Now we are engaged in a great civil war A battle of this war was fought right here where we are standing. 87 years ago We have come to devote part of this battlefield as a cemetery for the soldiers that died here so the nation can live. No one is going to care or remember the words we say here, but no one can ever forget what those soldiers did here. We have to promise that the soldiers here did not die for nothing. Now, we are at war with ourselves, It is the right thing to do. We have to promise that this country, under God, will be free again. We have to promise that a country that is made up of the people, was created... The Founding Fathers created a brand new (independent) country here, based on the idea that everyone is equal It's up to the rest of us that are still alive to dedicate ourselves to finishing what these soldiers have started. There is no way that we can ever bless this ground today more than the soldiers that died here already have. We can't even come close. testing whether this nation can be committed and last It's up to us to dedicate ourselves to saving the country, and remind ourselves that people have died for this cause.