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Four and seven ago our brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and to the that men are created equal' |
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| Now we engaged in a great testing whether or any so and so dedicated, can long endure. We on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a place for who died here, that the nation might This we may, in propriety do. in a larger sense, we can -- we can consecrate -- we can not this ground -- The living and dead, struggled here, have hallowed it, far above poor power to add or detract. The will note, nor remember we say here; while it can forget what they |
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| It is for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great before us -- that, from these honored dead we increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last measure of -- that we here resolve these dead have in vain; that the nation, shall have a new of and that government of the people by the for the people, shall not perish from the |
