"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."
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Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, honoring U.S. soldiers at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg (19 November 1863), based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
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