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What is the importance of the four score and seven years ago and why do people use it now?
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∙ 12y ago
That was Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, where he referred to the Declaration of Independence in biblical terms, to add gravitas.
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What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
How many years were in the Gettysburg address?
"Four score and seven years" which indicates 87 years (4x20 +7), the time between the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) and the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863).87a score is 20 years, so 4 score is 80 years plus 7.
What are the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln?
Four score and seven years ago
What year was four score and seven years ago from 2007?
1920
What is four score and seven years?
Literally, "four twenties and seven years ago," or "87 years ago." A score is 20. Four score is 80, and 7 is 87. So four score and seven years ago means 87 years ago. (see "Wikipedia"; "Gettysburg Address". 1863 minus 87=1776; 4th July - Declaration of Independence!) "Fourscore" means eighty (80). A score is twenty. It's not in very common use any more, but it is a word like "dozen," which means twelve (12)--a special word for a certain number. (And a gross is 12 x 12, or 144.) So if a score = 20, fourscore = 4 x 20 = 80. And 7 makes 87. 1 score = 20 years 4 score = 80 years 4 score 7 years = 87 years
What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
What does score mean at the end of a number?
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
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..."
How many years is fore score and seven years?
87 A score is 20 years.
How many years are 'fourscore and seven'?
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
Four score and seven from the bible how many years?
A score is twenty years. So four score and seven is (4 X 20) + 7 years or 87 years. However, the usual quote is three score and ten years (70 years) which represented the life expectancy in those days.
The value of a score as in four score and seven years ago?
20
How would you express 154 in terms of score 20 years?
Seven score and fourteen years.
What age is A score and six?
26...a score = twenty (as in "...four score & seven years ago..." means 87 years)
What does four score mean in the Gettysburg address?
A score is twenty years, so 4 score is 80 years and 'four score and seven' means 87 years.
What is a forty-score and seven?
A score is 20. So 40 score would be 800... but I'm guessing you are asking about the Gettysburg Address "four-score and seven years ago..." which means "87 years ago..."
