葛底斯堡演讲词fourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthonthiscontinentanewnation,conceivedinliberty,anddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal
nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhetherthatnation,oranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated,canlongendure
wearemetonagreatbattle-fieldofthatwar
wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placeforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthatnationmightlive
itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis
but,inalargersense,wecannotdedicate–wecannotconsecrate–wecannothallow–thisground
thebravemen,livinganddead,whostruggledhere,haveconsecrateditfaraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract
theworldwilllittlenotenorlongrememberwhatwesayhere,butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere
itisforus,theliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofo