TheGettysburgAddressbyPresidentLincoln1863年11月19日Fourscoreandsevenyearsago,ourfathersbroughtforthuponthiscontinentanewNation,conceivedinLiberty,anddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal
Now,weareengagedinagreatCivilWar,testingwhetherthatNation,oranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated,canlongendure
Wearemetonagreatbattlefieldofthatwar
Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placeforthosewhogavetheirlivesthatNationmightlive
Itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis
But,inalargersense,wecannotdedicate,wecannotconsecrate,wecannothallowthisground
Thebravemen,livinganddead,whostruggledhere,haveconsecrateditfaraboveourpowertoaddordetract
Theworldwilllittlenotenorlongrememberwhatwesayhere,butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere
Itisforus,theliving,rathertobededicatedtotheg