Gettysburg+Address

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

The Gettysburg Address was a monumental speech that will forever have its place in American History. Abraham Lincoln was a very respected man, and if you look closely at this speech you can obviously tell why. Lincoln is basically telling it like it is, their is really no hard things to understand in this speech. He notes we were all created equal fourscore and seven years ago (1776). He acknowledges that both sides in this war must be dedicated to winning for their own cause. He recognizes the people that gave their lives at the Battle Of Gettysburg, I thought it was interesting when he said "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here." I think Lincoln didn't realize how meaningful this speech was, because if you ask maybe a 7th grade student who wrote the Gettysburg Address and possibly what its about, 80% of them would know. He was obviously right about people ever forgetting what the soldiers did there, thats true of most battles. This is probably considered a short speech, if you possibly compared it to say Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech." However, the reason this speech is so great is because Lincoln gets to the point, he never wants to forget the people who risked there lives at Gettysburg. Abe as himself was a truly remarkable man and I really think he is overlooked as being an outstanding president. 1204583817

I like what Lincoln has wrote here, but it might be the most irrelevant speech in the history of the united states. He points out some excellent points on the dignity of man and that our country was based off of these exact beliefs,and now they were being ignored. While he meant good with this, he accomplished nothing when he tried to make legal action out of it. He took and tried to change something out of his power, but he ignored the issue that he could actually make a difference in. He attempted to free the slaves of the Confederacy ( which was a seperate country at the time) but he didn't free the slaves of his own country, (where he actually had the power to do something). I think that Lincoln could have made many better decisions that would have saved a lot of blood from both sides. mme

This was a great speech by Lincoln. This tells me that he knew that the battle of Gettysburg was the worst crisis that the United States of America had ever faced. He was very sympathetic to all of those who lost loved ones in the battle of Gettysburg, probably the bloodiest battle of the civil war, and to those who died in it so that their spirits could rest knowing that they did not die for nothing. He honored the dead through this speech by showing their love for their country.

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This is a very inspirational speech for me. lincoln seems to outline the beliefs of America in this speech so well that its like someone wrote them down and he was reading them. he really gets our nation back on track with this speech. he reminds us that we aren't fighting this war against the south we are fighting it against the injustices and inequalities of the world. we are fighting this war to make the world a better place. My favorite line of this poem is "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." he says that no one will remember this speech when in fact it became one of the most famous speeches in American history and changed America for the better. he wrote the speech thinking it was just a speech but now we look back and see that what he said is immortal. 1204857751

I really did not know much about the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania until reading this passage and the background on it. It seems like this was a very harsh battle with more than 51,000 soldier unjured during the war. The people weren't even sure if President Lincoln would show up to the military cemetery, so the organizers put him as a secondary speaker asking him to say a few words. However, when Lincoln showed up he gave a very heart-felt speech. His speech was dedicated to the men who dedicated their lives to fight for a victory. I like how Lincoln said, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here," and now 145 years later most people still know of his speech by the famous first words, "Four score and seven years ago." 1204860249KCa

This speech by Lincoln was probably one of the most important speeches he ever spoke. The way he talked about Gettysburg I almost think that he was right there at the front lines. Lincoln was thankful for all those in the battle and knew that everyone who was partaking in this was special. Not just some life that he could let die. He was thankful for the families who supported there loved ones. This battle wasn't America's shining moment since this was the bloodies battle in the civil. But those men lost their lives for the best cause that is still preserved today, that is freedom. The men who died helped free more men. Now we still help other countries to become free just like us and maybe one day all will be free. 1205008478

I think that this speech was one of the most influential speeches that have been said in our country. He talks about Gettysburg as if it was one of the most important battles in the war. I read "A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg" and through that i found out so much. In it, McKim talks about the confusion that he went through and the fear that he had to brave through ebcause of all of the people dying. 50,000 people died there all fighing each other. In that war, the soliders were destroyed because they fought each other. They were brothers of the same country and had to die through each other.

In the speech, i think that the most powerful lines were at the end:

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.

I think these are the strongest lines in the speech because it's saying that all of the people who died fought for one reason and that we owe them the honor to carry out the task in which they died for so they died for something worth fighting for. We needed to free the slaves through the war because after the war, so much changed. The people changed, they had to respect each other as equals, or at least try to.1205099977ape2

This speech was about the civil war, yet doesn't seem to talk about just that. It does talk about the men dying in battle, but it talks about freedom and the founding characteristics of this country that got it to this point. It says how we can't forget the beginning of the United States and what we fought for. This country was made so men could be free, and that included everyone, even slaves. This speech turned out to be very influencial considering the outcome of the war. I think that Lincoln was a brilliant speaker in this speech. He talked about the problem at hand, but hinted at a deeper meaning to his words. It's something that if you look over briefly, it just seems to say we need to stop the war, but if you think about it and take the time to read it in depth, it means so much more than that. Writing a speech that probably took about a minute to say yet causes so much thought and influence on this country is truely amazing, especially when it still influences the people of today. 1205102492

How hard would it be to go and speak after one of the bloodest battles of the war? I mean going to tell the fathers, daughter, and mothers how their sons and husbands fought and you weren't even there. Think about telling these people that their sons died for your country, and because of a war you started. I can't even conceive that, especially when the bodies are still lieying there on the field right in font of me. I don't know how it was possible and to tell you the truth i think the Gettysburg address was so short because he was about to break out in tears, and he was probably nervous as all get out. I bet that it was a three hour speech that was cut short, no not really that was just to add effect.

Just think, i really can't even conceive it, but talking about a battle where you yourself should have been fighting in. I don;t know i guess he could do it because he was a strong leader. This was so well written i can assume that it was even well said, because it is still being talked about today. I always had conceptions that the gettysburg address was longer than it really was before i read it in 5th grade. i guess it was because it was called an address.

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This was a very pivotal turning point for the United States. The adress was very formal and short. This was Lincolns best and most important speech ever in his whole carrerr. Right then and there he grabbed all the hungry and fed them with what they wanted to hear and what they wanted to hear. They wanted to hear about the beliefs and reasons why there americans. This was a very hard tjime for everyone and everyone was very emmotinal becuase there just was this huge battle and the president is coming to talk about it and it is just was unforgetable moment and time for this nation. It was a hard time for this nation and they just need to keep pushing to reach peace. IT was in sight but it was just a tough time for everyone like i have been saying.. I want to emphasize how tough it was on everyone becuase it effected everyone.. Everyone was loosing people that they were close with and it wasnt the best sitaution when Maericans were killing Americans is it? No not at all this is why Lincoln hit it big with this speech becuase it showed that he cared alot about this nation and he was going to bend over backwards just to get everything like it was before except without slavery. 1205276502Ale2

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.....I know we've heard about this quote many, many times but it doesn't want us to forget the sacrifices the men had made in the war to protect our country. Abraham wanted to say this speech to pay his final respects to the many brave soldiers that died on the battlefield. He said we cannot dedicate or consecrate, because he beleives that we don't deserve to be treated as a high ranking compared to the soldiers who risked their lives to save us. But we should be dedicated to finish the business that the soldiers wasn't able to accomplish. Also we need to relaize that the men who died on the battlefields did not die for nothing, they died as heroes. They were accompanied by God, and He has given us a new opportunity to be able to be given freedom and that the U.S. citizens and the government body will not perish, but undergoe freedom and liberty forever.1205374134

The Gettysburg Address is one of the most moving speeches around. During the Civil War, Lincoln gave this speech which turned the war around. The speech brought ideas for freedom to the north, and was a major turning point for the union soldiers, but victory was still far away from them. Lincoln states that the men who fought and lost their lives deserved to be honored in such a way that they would never be forgotten. The field in which there was so many deaths, was dedicated to all those who lost their lives. To me, Lincoln gave this speech to remind people that they need to finish what they started to ensure that life will continue well after they are gone. I liked this speech mainly because it is a part of history and shows some of our country's past. 1205375934

The Gettysburg Address was a monumental speech that will always have its place in History. Abraham Lincoln was a very well know and respectable man, he came from Illinois. If you take a good look into this speech it really explains why he is so respected among his peers and others too. Lincoln in his speech was straight up no way around it, he got straight to the point and boy did he get there fast. He said that both sides of this war must be very dedicated for what they are fighting for because they are out to win at all causes. Abe realized that the people who fought in Gettysburg or any other battle for that manor put their lives on the line for their country. This speech is considered to be one of the most famous speeches of all time, probably second to Martian King Jr. Speech. Lincoln was a great president but even a better character in the game of life. 1205381047

The Gettysburg Address was a amazing speech that will forever have its place in US History. Abraham Lincoln was a very honorable man, and if you look closely at this speech you can obviously tell why. Lincoln is basically telling it like it is, their is really no hard things to understand in this speech. He notes we were all created equal fourscore and seven years ago (1776). He acknowledges that both sides in this war must be dedicated to winning for their own cause. He recognizes the people that gave their lives at the Battle Of Gettysburg, I thought it was interesting when he said "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here." I think Lincoln didn't realize how meaningful this speech was, because if you ask maybe a 7th grade student who wrote the Gettysburg Address and possibly what its about, 80% of them would know. He was obviously right about people ever forgetting what the soldiers did there, thats true of most battles. My favorite line in this speech is when he says forescore and seven years ago our founding fathers.......... I thought that this was very compeling, mostly because it said why are we fighting our founders made this country to be free and so far we are not living up to that. 1205391179

Even though this speech is relatively short compare to other public speeches, it is packed with important messages. When we first looked at the speech, many of us were confused if Lincoln was talking about the war or slavery. However, if you really look close into it, he is actually addressing the two issues, slavery and war, at once. By re-claiming some of the ideas of the founders of this nation, which is basically saying that all men are created equal, he is trying to convince people that slavery is wrong even though it helps the nation's economy. Also, at the same time, he is saying that the war should be stopped if possible because no one has right to kill anyone for their beliefs. In this short speech, he is portraying all these ideas and actually making a statement that both war and the slavery should be stopped immediately. 1205453082

I liked this speach by Lincoln a lot. It has so much meaning and it is so short, atleast as far as speaches are concerned. The best thing about this speach is that he arrived and started talking off the top of his head and that is what it ended up being. It's funny how a speach thought up right before Abreham Lincoln said it is known as one of the best speaches in history. My dad said that when he was a kid he had to memerize it and they had tests on it. That is when you know a speach is of some importance. I agree with Namu because he is confronting issues of war and slavery. One of the two biggest problems of the time. He is talkking about how tragedy like a loss of a life or in this case many lives can actually be a good thing if they died what they were fighting for and if they died for a good cause/reason. Overall this is an amazing speach and i liked it a lot. I think we should have discussed this subject more in class. 1205465463

I personally admire this speech. Lincoln hit it right on the money when I read this. With so little words, he fit soo much meaning into it. It was short, yet meaningful. It meant something to all those who read it. This speech was huge in our history. We look up to this speech, like it's the cure to cancer. I admire that. I think that it's amazing how a last minute speech could turn into a paper that can be remembered throughout our history. More about it was that it was the most famous battle of the Civil War that took place at Gettysburg, PA, July 1 to July 3, 1863. At the end of the battle, the Union's Army had successfully avoided the second invasion of the North by the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia. Later, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg to speak at the dedication of the cemetery for the Union war dead. Speaking of a "new birth of freedom," he delivered one of the most memorable speeches in U.S. history. 1205468574

This speech, written by one of our most remembered American Presidents, Abraham Lincoln is one of the most remembered speeches in all of our history. This speech is not soley about the Civil War, as some and most people think. The central message within this acknowledgment to our people is that there was a reason for the war. The question that would seem to come up over and over again in peoples minds was why. This speech gives a full and detailed explanation as to why. Lincoln says that the reason we were involved was because the freedom we had asked for got out of hand and the core characteristics seemed to be too hard to handle. With great power, comes great responisibility; and in this speech Abe says that we were obviously not educated or trained well enough to handle this sort of power. However, he does not see this war as a mistake, but more as a lesson learned. It is wierd to think about this speech as something so influential to almost everyone in our united nation.. A small speech like this can change the world's mind.. but a small argument, can end up changing the whole world's lives.. 1205469674

I really liked this speech because it shows a lot of our history. To me it speaks of how Lincoln gave motivation for the north to make a difference with slavery. To him slavery was unnessary and that one person could make a difference and one voice could change the world. To me this speech was very moving. Abe says that the war could promise a very positive outcome for the north, but all they have to is prevail and keep fighting. 1205470892