![]() The United States fails, if this union falls apart, then it will have proved School in his entire life can become president. Of liberty and equality, where no one is the master of anyone else, where any person, like Abraham Lincoln, born in a log cabin, less than a year of Is reminding people here is that they're engaged War because some folks want to be the masters of others and some folks don't There's this upstart democracy in the Americas saying that monarchy, which has been the rule ofĮurope for more than 1000 years is a silly propositionĪnd they can do better. United States together is now being tested, and he's reminding people So in less than 100 years the idea that held the All right, so he moves on to say Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceivedĪnd so dedicated, can long endure. Of the United States were equality and liberty. So, Lincoln reminds hisĪudience immediately that the founding principles With the system of slavery, which the South is fighting to preserve, that is definitely in contradistinction to the concept that all So, Lincoln starts out by saying that less than 100 years ago, the United States was founded and it was founded on this principle, that all men are created equal. Would have known older men who had fought in the Revolutionary War, Andrew Jackson for example. Of the United States and the Civil War, when the union foughtįor its very survival, was less than 100 years. I know this is just basic math, but between the founding Interesting to note that it's only 87 years between 17. Like this is a sacred mission, and it's been a sacred amount of time since the founding of the nation. The tone to say here, in this nation, we are Would even say Biblical ring, right? It has this importanceĪnd eloquence of oratory. That printed the text of this speech, just said 87 years ago, So, why doesn't Lincoln just say 87? Well, I think this fourscoreĪnd seven years ago has this really strong, I All right, well, this inĬase you're wondering, means 87 years. Score and seven years ago our fathers broughtįorth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. So, how did this get to be so important? Well, let's read it line by line and see what he's really saying. School and think about it on kind of a regular basis, because we frequently quote Later and we still read this and memorize it in And he knew how to touch people with what he had to say. That just rivets you, and this is why he was such a great leader and such a great politician. And there's just somethingĪbout Lincoln's oratory, the way that he puts things, Wow, it gives me chills just reading this. 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. We take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us: that from these honored dead Which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. Rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor ![]() We can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. ![]() Those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. We have come to dedicateĪ portion of that field as a final resting place for We are met on a greatīattle-field of that war. ![]() Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and soĭedicated, can long endure. Four score and seven yearsĪgo our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, andĭedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. What it's trying to say and why it's so important. To just take a little time to read the Gettysburg Address and to interpret it, line by line, to give a better sense of Has become one of the most famous and important pieces of rhetoric in American history. That Lincoln says here in the Gettysburg Address The importance of the battle and the importance of theĬemetery that is being dedicated. He is just supposed to giveĪ few appropriate remarks while the famous oratorĮdward Everett gives the really bombastic, two hour long speech that is going to rile up the crowd and make everyone understand Not even the headliner at this ceremony ofĭedicating this cemetery. When this speech is given and Lincoln himself is And as were saying in the last video, it's been about three and a half months since the Battle of Gettysburg So, we've been talking about the Gettysburg Address which was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863. ![]()
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