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What do you think Lincoln meant when he stated that the participants in the ceremony could not consecrate this ground?
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∙ 12y ago
this is part of the Gettysburg Address he meant that others could give no greater praise.
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Who does Lincoln believe has consecrated the ground at Gettysburg?
He said, "We consecrate this ground" so he must think that they were consecrating it during his speech.
Which elements of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address makes the least explicit appeal to pathos?
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate we can not consecrate we can not hallow this ground.
What are two refrains in Lincoln's speech?
If I knew the freaking answer I wouldn't be on this stupid page
What do the words we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground mean in the Gettysburg Address?
What Mr. Lincoln was saying there was that we cannot add to the importance of this ground any more than the blood of the soldiers who fought there have already done. consecrate - to make (something) an object of honor or veneration hallow - to respect or honor greatly; revere
What did Lincoln mean when he said 'we cannot hallow this ground'?
What Mr. Lincoln was saying there was that we cannot add to the importance of this ground any more than the blood of the soldiers who fought there have already done. consecrate - to make (something) an object of honor or veneration hallow - to respect or honor greatly; revere
How would you use consecrate in a sentence?
1.The word 'consecrate' is a verb (a "doing" word), so it might be used like this: "During the Mass, the priest consecrates the bread and the wine." 1.Abraham Lincoln said that the brave men who died at Gettysburg consecrated the ground of that battlefield
Why did Lincoln say the people meeting for the dedication of that cemetery could not dedicate consecrate or hallow this ground?
To consecrate means to make sacred. In the next few lines he says that the world will not care what we say here, but they can't forget what the men did here. Their bravery and their sacrifice makes it sacred far more than a speech ever can. Lincoln is saying this because that's probably what he felt. How can his two minute long speech make a ground sacred? Instead it is the men who gave their lives who made it a scared place.
When was Ground Breaking Ceremony created?
Ground Breaking Ceremony was created on 1999-11-02.
What is ground break?
Obviously a ground breaking ceremony is a ceremony involving the "breaking of ground". In other words when you begin to build a building you have a ground breaking ceremony. Officials typically plunge shovels into the ground and lift shovel-fulls of earth to symbolize the beginning of construction, even though no actual work is done that day.
Why did Lincoln make a speech at Gettysburg?
To consecrate the ground, as he honored the dead of the recent battle, which was a hard fought Union victory..
How long did the new globe take to build from ground breaking ceremony to inauguration ceremony?
2 years
What is 'majlis pecah tanah' in English?
ground breaking ceremony
