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It referred back to the Declaration of Independence, and it was deliberately couched in somewhat Biblical terms, to indicate sanctity and gravitas.

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Who said four score and 7 years?

Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg address.


Where did the phrase '4 score and 7 years' originate?

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln.


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.


Which speech begins with 'Four score and seven years ago'?

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address


What number of years was mentioned at start of Lincoln's Gettysburg address?

Four score and seven years, which is 87 years as a score is slang for 20.


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


Who said 'Four score and 7 years ago'?

Believe it to be Abraham Lincoln. "Fore score and seven years ago..." is the beginning of Lincoln's Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863.


In time what does a score mean?

It is 20 years. So in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, "four score and seven years ago" is 87 years--he was referring to 1776.


What is four scores and seven years ago about?

That was just Lincoln trying to sound Biblical about the Declaration of Independence (1776) as he made the Gettysburg Address in 1863.


How many score and years since lincoln gave the gettysburg address?

One score is 20 years, so 1863 to 2016 would be 7 score and 13 years.


What are examples of an allusion in you have a dream speech?

In the beginning there is an allusion to Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address in the phrase "five score".


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.