"Fourscore 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.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war,
testing whether that nation or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated can long endure."
- Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863
In the opening sentence, Lincoln refers to the
founding of the nation "fourscore and seven" - 87
years earlier. Which of the following best explains
Lincoln's purpose in this opening?
O He was observing that the nation had strayed
from its original ideals.
O He wanted to remind people about what the
nation's founding ideals were.
O He believed it was time to rethink what the
Founding Founders had said.
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