Lincoln links the sacrifices made during the Civil War to the founding ideals of liberty and equality, showing that the war is a test of the nation's commitment to those ideals.
"Fourscore 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 gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this."
How does Abraham Lincoln’s development of ideas in the Gettysburg Address illustrate the interaction between the principles of liberty and the ongoing Civil War?
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Lincoln emphasizes that the Civil War is irrelevant to the founding principles of America and does not affect the nation’s future.
Lincoln links the sacrifices made during the Civil War to the founding ideals of liberty and equality, showing that the war is a test of the nation's commitment to those ideals.
Lincoln focuses solely on the hardships of the war, neglecting to reference the foundational principles on which the nation was built.
Lincoln argues that the war is necessary to establish a new and different nation, separate from the ideals of liberty and equality.
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