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Joshua wolf shenk wrote that one of lincoln's adaptation strategies was "transcendence" (rising above or even using "melancholy" to achieve a higher purpose). according to shenk, what was lincoln's "higher purpose? " provide a direct quotation from the article to support your analysis.

Abasic premise of the national response framework is that: a. most incidents begin and end locally and are managed at the local or tribal level. b. response partners use nonstandard structures to allow for flexible and scalable responses. c. readiness to act encourages response partners to self-dispatch to an incident scene. d. incidents should be managed at the highest jurisdictional level possible.

Gettysburg address question. what is the purpose of this address?