. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE BATTLE OF CxETTYSBURG—THE HIGH-WATER JVIARK OF THE CIVIL WAR We cannot deiliivite—we cannot consecrate—we cannot liallow tliisground. The l)ra\e men, living and dead, who struggled here have con-secrated it, far above our jjoor power to add oi detract. The world willlittle note, nor long remember what we say liere, but it can never forgetwhat they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated hereto the unfinished work which thev who fought here have thus far so noblyadvanced. It is rather for us to be here dedica
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE BATTLE OF CxETTYSBURG—THE HIGH-WATER JVIARK OF THE CIVIL WAR We cannot deiliivite—we cannot consecrate—we cannot liallow tliisground. The l)ra\e men, living and dead, who struggled here have con-secrated it, far above our jjoor power to add oi detract. The world willlittle note, nor long remember what we say liere, but it can never forgetwhat they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated hereto the unfinished work which thev who fought here have thus far so noblyadvanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task re-maining before us—that from these honored dead we take increaseddevotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure ofdevotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not liavidied iu vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new ])irth offreedom—and that government of the people, by tlie people, for tliepeople, shall not perish from the earth.—Ahraluuii Lincoln, on Novem-ber- 19^ ISOS, fou
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