Gettysburg Address
Summary: Lincoln expresses his extreme gratitude for the fallen and the veterans of the Civil War, proclaiming that it was because of their sacrifice that the young American Democratic Experiment would endure, and thus the Republican ideals it stands for would not die off. He then closes by further honoring the fallen soldiers, saying that it was their blood and bravery that truly consecrated the grounds of Gettysburg, not the "feeble" actions of their government (which legally set aside land as a national cemetery to the fallen).
(I found it funny that similar ideals were reflected in the speeches of Lincoln's nemesis, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who told his followers that it was the CSA that truly fought for democracy and freedom, through escaping the "tyranny of the North").
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