Abraham Lincoln (Wikipedia, NOV 2013)

 The official version of the Gettysburg Address

signed by Abraham Lincoln.  Not necessarily the version he delivered.  This is probably from Wikipedia.

When we were in 5th grade my friend and I memorized the Gettysburg Address for fun.  It really is a wonderful, very brief speech.

“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above out poor power to add or detract. … It is for us the living, … to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced … — that 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. ”  (Boldface is mine.)

We need to renew these sentiments all across America.