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.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. 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. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
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. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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. 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.
President Abraham Lincoln - November 19, 1863
Questions:
1) I notice about this speech that it has a lot of detail and emotion but the speech itself is very short.
2) Abraham Lincoln has organised the speech into three sections first he has firstly stated that 7 years ago our fathers brought forth a new nation into liberty. in the second paragraph he reminds the people that the people gave their lives to retain the liberty that their forefathers worked so hard for Then in the third paragraph he reminds the people that what happened on this ground will never be forgotten. therefore I think that Abraham Lincoln has organised his speech well by historically speaking chronologically up to the tragic event of the battle.
3)I think the thesis of this speech is freedom because Abraham Lincoln talks about how the people that gave their lives in this battle fought for the liberty that our fathers created. 'it is rather for us to take the great task remaining before us" Lincoln talks says that in their death this nation might live.
4) " 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" In this quote Lincoln has used imperative language to express to the people that the people who gave their life will not be dishonored and we shall have a new birth of freedom.
"But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground"
In this quote Lincoln has used repetition and inclusive language
5) I think the concluding statement in important because Lincoln has used imperative language to make his message very powerful he says " 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" this statement is important because he is saying that these people have died for a cause and we shall have a new birth of freedom.
Questions:
1) I notice about this speech that it has a lot of detail and emotion but the speech itself is very short.
2) Abraham Lincoln has organised the speech into three sections first he has firstly stated that 7 years ago our fathers brought forth a new nation into liberty. in the second paragraph he reminds the people that the people gave their lives to retain the liberty that their forefathers worked so hard for Then in the third paragraph he reminds the people that what happened on this ground will never be forgotten. therefore I think that Abraham Lincoln has organised his speech well by historically speaking chronologically up to the tragic event of the battle.
3)I think the thesis of this speech is freedom because Abraham Lincoln talks about how the people that gave their lives in this battle fought for the liberty that our fathers created. 'it is rather for us to take the great task remaining before us" Lincoln talks says that in their death this nation might live.
4) " 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" In this quote Lincoln has used imperative language to express to the people that the people who gave their life will not be dishonored and we shall have a new birth of freedom.
"But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground"
In this quote Lincoln has used repetition and inclusive language
5) I think the concluding statement in important because Lincoln has used imperative language to make his message very powerful he says " 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" this statement is important because he is saying that these people have died for a cause and we shall have a new birth of freedom.
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