That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in …

Abraham Lincoln
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That we 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. ✨ Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.
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That we 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. ✨ Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.

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