On the recordNovember 18, 1863
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
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presidency.ucsb.eduAbraham Lincoln: “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”
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Address at the Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania [Gettysburg Address]
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