"The Gettysburg Address"

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by Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg Pa. Nov. 19th, 1863. [n. p. n. d.].

Gettysburg Address

Delivered at Gettysburg, Pa.

Nov. 19th 1863.

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 battlefield 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 cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot 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.”

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

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LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL

Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.

What is similar about the way King and Lincoln use the word freedom?

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Responses

Both Lincoln and King emphasize that the United States has established freedom and equality for every citizen.
Both Lincoln and King emphasize that the United States has established freedom and equality for every citizen.

Both King and Lincoln acknowledge that change is needed in order to bring freedom to every citizen.
Both King and Lincoln acknowledge that change is needed in order to bring freedom to every citizen.

Both Lincoln and King are reluctant to share their views on the importance of freedom.
Both Lincoln and King are reluctant to share their views on the importance of freedom.

Both Lincoln and King are critical of their audience.

Answer 1

The most accurate response regarding the similarity in the way King and Lincoln use the word "freedom" is:

Both King and Lincoln acknowledge that change is needed in order to bring freedom to every citizen.

Both leaders articulated the importance of freedom and equality, but they also recognized that significant societal changes were required to ensure that these ideals were fully realized for all. Lincoln spoke to the unfinished work of the nation following the Civil War, while King emphasized the urgent need for civil rights and justice in his time.