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 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.

Now, don't you feel empowered after reading The Gettysburg Address?

If that was your first time reading it, wouldn't you agree that it was one of the greatest speeches ever given?

We suggest you print it out and share it with your family members and friends, letting them get inspired by it, too.

Close this page (window) and return to the previous page.

Check out the original Gettysburg Address, written in President Lincoln's handwriting.

See a full size picture of President Lincoln, taken 11 days before he delivered The Gettysburg Address.

Read the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln.

Discover how Abraham Lincoln overcame insurmountable obstacles to become the 16th President of the United States... and one of the most influential men in history. After learning what he had to go through to achieve his lifelong dream, you'll be empowered to shatter any obstacles that may stand in the way of your dreams.

If so, then visit The Success Mall and find out how you can use the secrets of outrageously successful people to turn your life around and to start living your dreams.