LAD/Blog #16: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Lincoln begins by saying that 87 years ago, this country was founded on the principles of democracy, and that foundation needs to remain. He then speaks on current events, specifically the civil war that he felt would test whether our country can stand or not. He felt that the world will not remember what was said in Gettysburg, but it will remember what happened there, in the monumental continuation of democracy as a precedent for history. At that point the living had to take up the work of those who died in this battle, so the devoted will not have died in vain and democracy could live on. He felt our country would have a new birth of freedom for the government of the people, by the people and for the people and that it would not perish from the earth after this great perseverance. Lincoln saw the battle of Gettysburg as a turning point crucial to the survival of democracy, and he was overjoyed at its apparent survival.

Continuation of Democracy:
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Origin of Democracy (Pericles):
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