On the recordNovember 18, 1863
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
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Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [Gettysburg Address]
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