fourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthuponthiscontinentanewnation:conceivedinlibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequalnowweareengagedinagreatcivilwartestingwhetherthatnationoranynationsoconceivedandsodedicatedcanlongendurewearemetonagreatbattlefieldofthatwarwehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalrestingplaceforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatthatnationmightliveitisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothisbutinalargersensewecannotdedicatewecannotconsecratewecannothallowthisgroundthebravemenlivinganddeadwhostruggledherehaveconsecrateditfaraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetracttheworldwilllittlenotenorlongrememberwhatwesayherebutitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhereitisforusthelivingrathertobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanceditisratherforustobeherededicatedtothegreattaskremainingbeforeusthatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotionthatweherehighlyresolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvainthatthisnationundergodshallhaveanewbirthoffreedomandthatgovernmentofthepeoplebythepeopleforthepeopleshallnotperishfromtheearth