Unit 4: Selection Vocabulary 3

April. [1861]—War declared with the South, and our Concord company went to Washington.

I said, “Shall I stay, Mother?” as I hugged her close. “No, go! And the Lord be with you!" answered the Spartan woman, and till I turned the corner she bravely smiled and waved her wet handkerchief on the doorstep.

He is about thirty, I think, tall & handsome, mortally wounded & dying royally, without reproach, repining, or remorse.

Up at six, dress by gas light, run through my ward & fling up the windows though the men grumble & shiver; but the air is bad enough to breed a pestilence & as no notice is taken of our frequent appeals for better ventilation I must do what I can.

After this unwelcome progress through my stifling ward I go to breakfast with what appetite I may...

He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and he had longed to see it all. His busy mind had drawn for him large pictures extravagant in color, lurid with breathless deeds.

She had affected to look with some contempt upon the quality of his war ardor and patriotism.

Moreover, on her side, was his belief that her ethical motive in the argument was impregnable.

His actions had been sagacious things. They had been full of strategy.

He could not conciliate the forest. As he made his way, it was always calling out protestations.

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.

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.

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.

But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground.

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.