![]() Interesting to note that it's only 87 years between 17. Like this is a sacred mission, and it's been a sacred amount of time since the founding of the nation. The tone to say here, in this nation, we are Would even say Biblical ring, right? It has this importanceĪnd eloquence of oratory. That printed the text of this speech, just said 87 years ago, So, why doesn't Lincoln just say 87? Well, I think this fourscoreĪnd seven years ago has this really strong, I All right, well, this inĬase you're wondering, means 87 years. Score and seven years ago our fathers broughtįorth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. So, how did this get to be so important? Well, let's read it line by line and see what he's really saying. School and think about it on kind of a regular basis, because we frequently quote Later and we still read this and memorize it in And he knew how to touch people with what he had to say. That just rivets you, and this is why he was such a great leader and such a great politician. And there's just somethingĪbout Lincoln's oratory, the way that he puts things, Wow, it gives me chills just reading this. Resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. We take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us: that from these honored dead Which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. Rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor We can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. Those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. We have come to dedicateĪ portion of that field as a final resting place for We are met on a greatīattle-field of that war. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and soĭedicated, can long endure. Four score and seven yearsĪgo our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, andĭedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. What it's trying to say and why it's so important. To just take a little time to read the Gettysburg Address and to interpret it, line by line, to give a better sense of Has become one of the most famous and important pieces of rhetoric in American history. That Lincoln says here in the Gettysburg Address The importance of the battle and the importance of theĬemetery that is being dedicated. He is just supposed to giveĪ few appropriate remarks while the famous oratorĮdward Everett gives the really bombastic, two hour long speech that is going to rile up the crowd and make everyone understand Not even the headliner at this ceremony ofĭedicating this cemetery. When this speech is given and Lincoln himself is ![]() And as were saying in the last video, it's been about three and a half months since the Battle of Gettysburg So, we've been talking about the Gettysburg Address which was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863. ![]()
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