this is an allusion to Abraham lincloln's speech when he said 4 score and 7 years ago because that speech involved Lincoln arguing that all men are created equal and martin Luther king is pretty much referring to the same thing.
Lincoln
Four score and seven years = 87 years. A "score" is 20. Abraham Lincoln used this phrase as a fancy way of referring to the founding of the country (in 1776) in his Gettysburg Address, the speech he gave at the dedication of a cemetery for those who died in that devastating Civil War battle. Lincoln likely intended an allusion to familiar biblical language (King James Version), especially to Psalm 90, in which the human life span is said to be "three score years and ten".
It is the speech president Lincoln said and it goes like this... four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this country a new nation, and so forth. But whatever ya that is how the first sentence goes anyway.
He was referring to the Declaration of Independence (1776), which at the time he spoke was written 87 years ago (a "score" is 20, so four score = 80).No doubt he was referring to 1776 - the Declaration of Independence.
this is an allusion to Abraham lincloln's speech when he said 4 score and 7 years ago because that speech involved Lincoln arguing that all men are created equal and martin Luther king is pretty much referring to the same thing.
A score means twenty. Therefore, Lincoln's speech which said "four score and seven years ago" is referring to 87 years ago.
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
87 years I believe. In Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg, he said "four score and seven years ago" which is 87 yeras and he was referring to when the Constitution was signed.
Lincoln
Four score and seven years = 87 years. A "score" is 20. Abraham Lincoln used this phrase as a fancy way of referring to the founding of the country (in 1776) in his Gettysburg Address, the speech he gave at the dedication of a cemetery for those who died in that devastating Civil War battle. Lincoln likely intended an allusion to familiar biblical language (King James Version), especially to Psalm 90, in which the human life span is said to be "three score years and ten".
A score is 20. A score of anything is 20 of anything. A score of days is 20 days. When Lincoln said four score and seven years ago, he was saying 87 years ago. French does not have a word for 80. It says four score.
Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg address.
'Four score and seven years ago...'
I think it's some American thing that said 4 score and whatever years ago. Because it was used in the same sentence as whatever years, the score refers to an amount of years. Score on its own means 20, but it does not have units attached.
Speech therapy, although it is said to be more effective before the age of five.
87 years. He said "4 score and 7 years ago". A score is 20 so that basically equated to the following equation; 4 x 20 + 7 = 87 years.