DELIVERED AT GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA NOVEMBER 19, 1863 Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated,

Throughout the Gettysburg address, Lincoln uses the literary device of anaphora—the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of statements. In this passage, Lincoln repeats “we can not” in order to drive home his point that Gettysburg has already been consecrated, by the dead rather than the living.

Abraham Lincoln’s ‘Gettysburg Address’ is a well-known speech delivered during the American Civil War. This was a pivotal moment in American history when the South (the Confederacy) and the North (the Union) were separated over issues of slavery and state rights.

On June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Sumner referred to the most famous speech ever given by President Abraham Lincoln. In his eulogy on the slain president, he called the Gettysburg Address a "monumental act." He said Lincoln was mistaken that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here."

The Gettysburg Address is a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, following the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The speech has come to be viewed as one of the most famous, enduring, and historically significant speeches in …

The Gettysburg Address is the name given to a short speech (of just 268 words) that the US President Abraham Lincoln delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery (which is now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery) in …

3 天之前 · Because of its brevity and poetic flow, the Gettysburg Address has become one of the most repeated speeches to date. Parts of it were even used in the famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Weeks before the event, Wills reached out to President Lincoln to make remarks at the ceremony — which became his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln delivered the address on...

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln A Speech on the Occasion of the Dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania November 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has gained through the decades a towering reputation as an exemplar of public oratory. Today, the words of the address can be found chiseled into the marble of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., close to the statue of Lincoln himself.