Document Type
Opinion
Publication Date
8-14-2017
Department 1
English
Abstract
Seven score and fourteen years ago, Abraham Lincoln eloquently reminded us of the idealism of our founding our fathers, who “brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. “
Lincoln also called upon all persons of good conscience, not simply to remember the sacrifice of those who died preserving these ideals on the battlefield at Gettysburg, but also to act upon those ideals, and to rise to the challenge “to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us….” (excerpt)
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Recommended Citation
Fee, Christopher. "Lincoln's words at Gettysburg resonate after Charlottesville." The Hill (August 14, 2017).
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version available online http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/state-local-politics/346473-lincolns-words-at-gettysburg-resonate-after?rnd=1502727640