Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was created to both commemorate the soldiers of the civil war who gave their lives to preserve the Union and to stress the importance and gravity of such a demanding cause. However, Lincoln understands that by no means could any value of worth be added to sacrifices that these Union soldiers made by mere words alone. By paying the ultimate price they have consecrated the lands with their blood and the living cannot serve the dead merely by commemoration, but by their will to continue with utmost devotion the cause the martyrs chose to protect: a free government "of the people, by the people, [and] for the people...four score and seven years ago."
Friday, November 18, 2011
LAD #15: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was created to both commemorate the soldiers of the civil war who gave their lives to preserve the Union and to stress the importance and gravity of such a demanding cause. However, Lincoln understands that by no means could any value of worth be added to sacrifices that these Union soldiers made by mere words alone. By paying the ultimate price they have consecrated the lands with their blood and the living cannot serve the dead merely by commemoration, but by their will to continue with utmost devotion the cause the martyrs chose to protect: a free government "of the people, by the people, [and] for the people...four score and seven years ago."
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