Lesson for the Gettysburg Address

William W. (United States of America)
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  1. dedicate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    Four 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.
  2. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
  3. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
  4. detract
    take away a part from; diminish
    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
  5. devotion
    commitment to some purpose
    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.
  6. resolve
    find a solution or answer
    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.
  7. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
    Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.
  8. proposition
    a suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
    Four 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.
  9. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.
Created on Wed Sep 26 14:26:59 EDT 2012

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