1. "in vain" means without reason. "shall not have died in vain" is a phrase from the Gettysburg Address where Lincoln was dedicating a cemetery. "That these dead shall not have died in vain" meant that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg would have died for a noble purpose if the North won and the Union stayed together. "shall not have died to no purpose" in other words.
2. shouldn't have died in anger
1. "in vain" means without reason. "shall not have died in vain" is a phrase from the Gettysburg Address where Lincoln was dedicating a cemetery. "That these dead shall not have died in vain" meant that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg would have died for a noble purpose if the North won and the Union stayed together. "shall not have died to no purpose" in other words. 2. shouldn't have died in anger
Like use his name in vain. For example 'god sake' or 'Jesus Christ!'
From Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
i have made mistakes in my lide, but i know now what i could of have done differently so why live dwelling over it.
Man is important.
To encourage feelings of responsibility to continue fighting for the cause.
He was indicating that the Civil War had a purpose and that was to preserve the union of the United States. To do this, the North had to win the war. Otherwise, the death of the soldiers would be in vain. (Ending slavery was a also a secondary purpose)
To do something in vain means that you do not succeed in doing what you are trying to do; to try in vain is to fail.
The Romantic Element emphasized in "If you can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain" is belief in the individual and common man or Individualism.
He asks people to keep fighting so "that these dead shall not have died in vain" - APEX
in vain means the expected result is not going to happen
First when Moses ask the name of the lord