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What does Lincoln mean by saying the brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it?
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∙ 12y ago
"consecrate" means to make holy or sacred. He was speaking to dedicate a cemetery at this battlefield and thus pointed out that the land had already been dedicated and consecrated by the bravery of the soldier and the noble cause their fought for.
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∙ 13y agothe struggle of the soldiers made the battleground sacred
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