資源描述：
《葛底斯堡公募演說》由會員上傳分享，免費在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在行業(yè)資料-天天文庫。
1、一gettysburgeaddressFourscoreandsevenyearsago,ourfathersbroughtforthonthiscontinent,anewnationconceivedinlibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.Nowweareengagedinagreatcivilwar,testingwhetherthatnationoranynationsoconceivedandsodedicated,canlongendure.Wearemetonagre
2、atbattle-fieldofthatwar.Wehavecometodedicateaportionofthatfieldasafinalrestingplaceforthosewhoheregavetheirlivesthatnationmightlive.Itisaltogetherfittingandproperthatweshoulddothis.Butinalargersence,wecan’tdedicate,wecan’tconsecrate,wecan’thallowthisground.Thebravemen,whostruggledhere,
3、livinganddead,haveconsecrated,faraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetracr.Theworldwilllittlenotewhatwesayhere,butitcanneverforgetwhattheydidhere.Itisforustheliving,rather,tobededicatedheretotheunfinishedworkwhichtheywhofoughtherehavethusfarsonoblyadvanced.Itisratherforusthelivingtobeherededicat
4、edtothegreattaskremainingbeforeus–thatfromthesehonoureddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcourseforwhichtheygavetheirlastfullmeasureofdevotion–thatweherehighlyresolvedthatthesedeadshallnotdeadinvain–thatthisnationundergodshallhaveanewbirthoffreedom—thatthegovernmentofthepeople,bythepeopl
5、e,forthepeopleshallnotperishfromtheworld.二RemarksonclosingasanitaryfaironWashingtonIapperetosaybutaworld.Thisextraordinarywarinwhichweareengagedfallsheavilyuponallclassesofpeople,butthemostheavilyuponthesodier.Forithasbeensaid,allthatamanhathwillhegiveforhislife;andwhileallcontributeof
6、theirsubstance,thesoldierputshislifestake,andofenyieldsitupinhiscountry’scause.Thehighestmerit,then,isduetothesoldier.Inthisextraordinarywar,extraordinarydevolepmentshavemanifestationsnothinghasbeenmoreremarkablethanthesefairsforthereliefofsufferingsoldiersandtheirfamilies.Andthechiefa
7、gentsinthesefairsarethewomenofAmerica.Iamnotaccustomedtotheuseoflanguageofeulogy;Ihaveneverstudiedtheartofpayingcomplimentstowomen;butImustsay,thatifallthathasbeensaidbyoratorsandpoetssincethecreationoftheworldinpraiseofwomenwereappliedtothewomenofAmerica,itwouldnotdothemjusticeforth
