Gettysburg Address

Laurie V.
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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. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
    But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground.
  3. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
    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.
  4. honored
    having an illustrious reputation; respected
    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.
  5. fitting
    in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
    It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Created on Fri Oct 26 14:56:28 EDT 2012

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