"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."

—“The Gettysburg Address,”
Abraham Lincoln

Which quotation correctly uses an ellipses?

“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above. . . .”
“The brave men . . . who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to detract.”
“The brave men . . . who struggled here. . . .”
“The brave men . . . far above our poor power to add or detract.”

1 answer

The quotation that correctly uses an ellipsis is:

“The brave men . . . who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to detract.”

This use of ellipses indicates that some text has been omitted while preserving the integrity of the remaining part of the quotation.