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the expression "five score years ago" is referred to the year 1863 when Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg adress.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech echoes the opening lines of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Both speeches begin with the phrase "Five score years ago," which refers to 87 years before the time they were delivered: Lincoln's speech was delivered in 1863, and King's speech was delivered in 1963. This parallel establishes a connection between the struggle for civil rights in America and the fight to end slavery.

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