Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this conti…

Abraham Lincoln
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Four score 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. ✨ Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863
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Four score 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. ✨ Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863

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