葛底斯堡演讲词英文原文memorialversionthegettysburgaddressfourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthuponthiscontinent，anewnation，conceivedinliberty，anddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar，testingwhetherthatnation，oranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated，canlongendure.wearemetonagreatbattle-fieldofthatwar.wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalresting-placeforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthisnationmightlive.itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.but，inalargersense，wecannotdedicate…wecannotconsecrate…wecannothallow…thisground.thebravemen，livinganddead，whostruggledhere，haveconsecrateditfaraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract.theworldwilllittlenotenorlongrememberwhatwesayhere，butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.itisforus，theliving，rather，tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.itisratherforustobeherededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus…thatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion;thatweherehighlyresolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain;第1页共6页thatthisnation，undergod，shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom;andthatgovernmentofthepeople，bythepeople，forthepeople，shallnotperishfromtheearth.november19，1863thefivemanuscriptsnicolaydraftcopyofnicolay'sdraftofthegettysburgaddressfourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforth，uponthiscontinent，anewnation，conceivedinliberty，anddedicatedtothepropositionthat"allmenarecreatedequal"nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar，testingwhetherthatnation，oranynationsoconceived，andsodedicated，canlongendure.wearemetonagreatbattlefieldofthatwar.wehavecometodedicateaportionofit，asafinalrestingplaceforthosewhodiedhere，thatthenationmightlive.thiswemay，inallproprietydo.but，inalargersense，wecannotdedicate—wecannotconsecrate—wecannothallow，thisground—thebravemen，livinganddead，whostruggledhere，havehallowedit，faraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract.theworldwilllittlenote，norlongrememberwhatwesayhere;whileitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.itisratherforus，theliving，tostandhere，weherebededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus—that，fromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcauseforwhichtheyhere，gavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion—thatweherehighlyresolvethesedeadshallnothavediedinvain;thatthenation，shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom，andthatgovernmentofthepeoplebythepeopleforthepeople，shallnotperishfromtheearth.haydraftfourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforth，up第2页共6页onthiscontinent，anewnation，conceivedinliberty，anddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar，testingwhetherthatnation，oranynation，soconceived，andsodedicated，canlongendure.wearemethereonagreatbattlefieldofthatwar.wearenowhavecometodedicateaportionofitastheafinalrestingplaceofforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthatnationmightlive.itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.butinalargersensewecannotdedicate—wecannotconsecrate—wecannothallowthisground.thebravemen，livinganddead，whostruggledhere，haveconsecrateditfaraboveour^poorpowertoaddordetract.theworldwilllittlenote，norlongremember，whatwesayhere，butcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.itisforus，theliving，rathertobededicatedheretotheunfinished^workwhichtheyhave，thusfar，sonoblycarriedon.itisrat...
