This is an excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. He was speaking to those present and also to the nation at large (who would read his words) and wanted to discuss the battlefield and also the issue of freeing southern slaves.
87 years ago the constitution was written to promote liberty and equality.
A.Four score and seven years ago
Eighty-seven years ago the constitution was written to promote liberty and equality.
He expresses the belief that the US was "conceived in Liberty" and was "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal".
The Gettysburg Address was often assigned to students to memorized in school. It opens in this way: '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.'
A free and independent nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the Principle that all men are created equal.
The first sentence in the Gettysburg Address is "Fourscore 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."
Four score and seven years ago, we brought fourth, on thos continent, a new nation. Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war etc. etc.
He expresses the belief that the US was "conceived in Liberty" and was "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal".
Lincoln said that the war tested "whether a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal can long endure."
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.
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.
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.
The opening line is: "Four score 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."Here's the first paragraph: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth to this continent, a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal
The Gettysburg Address was often assigned to students to memorized in school. It opens in this way: '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.'
A few years of freedom from warfare and relative internal tranquility.a lasting constitution
A free and independent nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the Principle that all men are created equal.
Abraham Lincoln, to begin his Gettysburg Address, used the line: "Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
The first sentence in the Gettysburg Address is "Fourscore 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."
"Score" simply means 20 in English. "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." (Abraham Lincoln)