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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.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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∙ 17y agoIt is the opening of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address given to dedicate the new National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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∙ 11y agoThe Gettysburg Address, uttered by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Military Cemetery after the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Why did Lincoln open his speech with four score and seven years ago?
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
Which speech begins with 'Four score and seven years ago'?
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
Is fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on the continent a new nation is true or false?
A speech delivered by President Lincoln in 1863 commemorating Independence Day. Four scores and seven years: 4 scores x 20 years/score + 7 yrs.= 80 yrs + 7 yrs. = 87 years 1863 - 87 = 1776 which was the year the then United States declared independence on July 4.
What the years in a score?
A score means 20. Hence in the Gettysburg Address when Lincoln referred to "four score and seven years ago" he meant 87 years ago.
Why did Lincoln open his speech with four score and seven years ago?
Four score and seven=87 87 years prior to the Gettysburg address, was the American Revolution.
What did President Lincoln say about four score and seven years in his famous speech?
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What famous speech begins with Four score and seven years ago?
That was the Gettysburg Address.
What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
Which speech begins with 'Four score and seven years ago'?
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
What was the speech called beginning with four scores and seven years ago called?
Abraham Lincoln gave the, "Four score and seven years ago," speech.
When Lincoln mentioned a score of years he meant?
A score means twenty. Therefore, Lincoln's speech which said "four score and seven years ago" is referring to 87 years ago.
Who wrote the speech that started-four score and seven years ago?
Abraham Lincoln wrote it on November 19,1863.
What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
What is the word for twenty years?
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
Who are the fathers of the quote four score and seven years ago?
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863. This speech was written on a napkin during the train ride to where the speech was being held. Four score and seven years is 87 years, a reference to 1776 when we declared our independence from the British.
What famous speech has the words four score and seven years ago?
Four score and seven years ago isn't the "name" of a famous speech, it is the first line of the Gettysburg Address, spoken by Abraham Lincoln during the civil war. ---- That would be the begging of the Getsysbrug Address
