On the recordNovember 19, 1863
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.”
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At Gettysburg, Lincoln asserts that the living cannot truly consecrate the battlefield in the same way the soldiers did.
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