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 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." 2 and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal 3 Now we are engaged in a great civil war 4 It is for us living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far nobly advanced. 5 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... 6 testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure 7 that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain 8 Four score and seven years ago 9 The brae men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. 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 It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. 12 "But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. 13 The word will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 14 our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty 15 We met on a great battlefield of that war It is the right thing to do. testing whether this nation can be committed and last 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... based on the idea that everyone is equal 87 years ago Now, we are at war with ourselves, The Founding Fathers created a brand new (independent) country here, A battle of this war was fought right here where we are standing. We can't even come close. We have to promise that the soldiers here did not die for nothing. There is no way that we can ever bless this ground today more than the soldiers that died here already have. It's up to the rest of us that are still alive to dedicate ourselves to finishing what these soldiers have started. We have come to devote part of this battlefield as a cemetery for the soldiers that died here so the nation can live. It's up to us to dedicate ourselves to saving the country, and remind ourselves that people have died for this cause. No one is going to care or remember the words we say here, but no one can ever forget what those soldiers did here.
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