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four score and seven years ago
Four score and seven years ago,
our fathers brought forth
our fathers brought forth
on this continent a new nation
on this continent a new nation,
conceived in lihberty
conceived in liberty.
and dedicated to the praw position
and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal.
that all men are created equal.
now we are engaijed
Now we are engaged
in a grrate cihvil war
in a great civil war,
testing whether that nation
testing whether that nation
or any other nation
or any other nation
so conceeved and so dedicated
so conceived and so dedicated
can long endure.
can long endure.
we are met on a grrate battle field
We are met on a great battlefield
of that war. we have come
of that war. We have come
to dedicate a porshun of that field
to dedicate a portion of that field,
as a fine al resting place
as a final resting-place
for those who here gave their lives
for those who here gave their lives
that that nation might lihv.
that that nation might live.
it is all 2 gether fitting and prawper
It is altogether fitting and proper
that we should do this.
that we should do this.
but in a larger sense
But in a larger sense,
we can not consecrate
we can not consecrate,
we cannot hahllow this ground.
we cannot hallow this ground.
the brave men, lihving and dead
The brave men, living and dead,
who struggled here
who struggled here
have consecrated it
have consecrated it,
far above our poor power
far above our poor power
to add or detract
to add or detract.
the world will little note
The world will little note,
nor long remember, what we say here
nor long remember, what we say here,
but it can never forget
but it can never forget
what they did here.
what they did here.
it is for us the lihving,
It is for us the living,
rather to bee dedicated here
rather to be dedicated here
to the unfinished work
to the unfinished work
which they who fought here
which they who fought here
have thus far so noe bally advanced.
have thus far so nobly advanced.
it is rather for us to be dedicated
It is rather for us to be dedicated
to the grrate task remaining b 4 us
to the great task remaining before us
that from these honored dead
that from these honored dead
we take increesed deevotion
we take increased devotion -
that we here highly resolve
that we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have
that these dead shall not have
died in vain
died in vain -
that this nation, under god
that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom
shall have a new birth of freedom -
and that government
and that government
of the people
of the people,
by the people
by the people,
for the people
for the people
shall not perish from the earth.
shall not perish from the earth.