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 cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly 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. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.īut, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. Nor did it impress everyone who heard it at the time. troops were killed, while 3,900 Confederates died. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the United States Civil War, with over 51,000 casualtiessoldiers killed, injured, or otherwise lost to actioncombined. However, on November 16, 1863, the iconic speech did not yet exist as we know it. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought between July 1 and July 3, 1863. 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. Today, the Gettysburg Address is legendarypossibly the single most famous statement by a United States president. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincolnįour score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ( Syntax = the way the author structures and organizes the writing pieceĭiction = the words selected to impact the writing piece). This copy of the address is known as the Everett Copy because Lincoln prepared it for Edward Everett, who also spoke on the day.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is proud to be the home of this historic document. There’s even a little video to explain the speech’s significance. The State of Illinois owns one of the five known copies of the Gettysburg Address in Abraham Lincoln’s own hand.
In the comments section, what is the most powerful and/or significant sentence in the passage? Explain why and make sure to address how the diction selected for the speech enhances the overall effect on the meaning of it. Read this famous speech by Abraham Lincoln.
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