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We pay tribute here not to a man who
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lived a century ago, but to an
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individual who lives today in the hearts
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of all freedom loving people.
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His prophetic words are as valid for our
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time as they were for his.
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And now the skills of the sculptor and
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the talents of the artist will let us
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great moments with Mr. Lincoln.
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has never had a good definition of the
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And the American people just now
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are much in want of one.
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We all declare for liberty.
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But in using the same word,
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we do not all mean the same thing.
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the bull work of our liberty and
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It is not our frowning battlements,
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our bristling sea coast.
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These are not our reliance against
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is in the love of liberty
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which God has planted in our bosoms.
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is in the preservation of the spirit
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which prizes liberty as the heritage of
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and you have planted the seeds of
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desperatism around your own doors.
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shall we expect the approach of danger?
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By what means shall we fortify against
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Shall we expect some transatlantic
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military giant to step the ocean and
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crush us with a blow?
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All the armies of Europe, Asia, and
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could not by force take a drink from the
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or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a
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trial of a thousand years.
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is the approach of danger to be
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I answer, if it ever reach us,
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it must spring from amongst us.
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It cannot come from abroad.
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If destruction be our lot,
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must be its author and finisher.
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As a nation of free men,
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we must live through all times
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Neither let us be slandered from our
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duty by false accusations against us,
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nor frightened from it by the menaces of
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destruction to the government, nor of
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dungeons to ourselves.
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let us to the end dare to do our duty
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He loves the faithful lightning of his
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sword. His truth is maring.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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Glory, glory, hallelujah.
