Fax: (607) 255-9524.įor reference questions, please complete our reference form.The Battle of Gettysburg was fought between July 1 and July 3, 1863. Kroch Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish fromĬompare Cornell’s copy to transcripts of theĭivision of Rare & Manuscript Collections, 2B Carl A. Under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government That these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, The last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve We take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave Great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the Here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated Note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget It far above our poor power to add or detract. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated But, in a larger sense, we cannotĭedicate, we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground. It is altogether fittingĪnd proper that we should do this.
Gave their lives, that that nation might live. We have come to dedicateĪ portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here WeĪre met on a great battle-field of that war. Or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathersīrought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty,Īnd dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. President Lincoln delivered the 272 word Gettysburg Address on Novemberġ9, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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