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,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.itisratherforustobeherededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus–thatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion;thatweherehighlyresolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain;thatthisnation,undergod,shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom;andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.第 1 页 共 1 页