What was Abraham Lincoln reffering to when he said "unfinished work" in the Gettysburg Address?
What does he mean by this? Heres the the speech for refrence. Four score 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. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- 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.
History - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
The unfinished work was the re-uniting of the Union....that which they had advanced....moved closer to accomplishing.... .
Answer 2 :
The unfinished work of winning the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was the 1st decisive Union victory of the war. By mid-1863, many in the North no longer believed in the war and were beginning to demand that the war be ended by treaty & compromise. Lincoln is calling for the people to continue to support the war effort.
Answer 3 :
the unfinished business is reuniting the states. There were also many reparations that had to be made and "punishments" to those in the South
What does he mean by this? Heres the the speech for refrence. Four score 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. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- 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.
History - 3 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
The unfinished work was the re-uniting of the Union....that which they had advanced....moved closer to accomplishing.... .
Answer 2 :
The unfinished work of winning the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was the 1st decisive Union victory of the war. By mid-1863, many in the North no longer believed in the war and were beginning to demand that the war be ended by treaty & compromise. Lincoln is calling for the people to continue to support the war effort.
Answer 3 :
the unfinished business is reuniting the states. There were also many reparations that had to be made and "punishments" to those in the South
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