Question

Their deeds when weighed in the balance have been found equal to their fame! I believe that a death such as theirs has been the true measure of a man's worth.
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.
What idea are both men expressing in these passages?

The men who died in battle were brave and honorable.
The world should not remember how the soldiers died.
The soldiers died for no good purpose.
Their deaths on the battlefield show the only honorable way to die.

Answer 1

The men who died in battle were brave and honorable.

Both passages praise the soldiers' deeds and portray their deaths as a measure of worth and consecration of the ground, emphasizing bravery and honor.