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Abraham Lincoln "Gettysburg Address" (Full Text) November 19, 1863

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address from November 19, 1863 commemorated the soldiers who died in the American Civil War. In 3 sentences, it summarizes that the nation was testing whether a government of/by/for the people could endure, they were dedicating part of the battlefield where soldiers gave their lives for the nation to live, and that the nation must have a new birth of freedom under God so the soldiers did not die in vain. Winston Churchill's "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" speech from May 13, 1940 outlined the immense struggle ahead for Britain against Nazi tyranny. The summary is that Churchill said he had nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat in

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Abraham Lincoln "Gettysburg Address" (Full Text) November 19, 1863

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address from November 19, 1863 commemorated the soldiers who died in the American Civil War. In 3 sentences, it summarizes that the nation was testing whether a government of/by/for the people could endure, they were dedicating part of the battlefield where soldiers gave their lives for the nation to live, and that the nation must have a new birth of freedom under God so the soldiers did not die in vain. Winston Churchill's "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat" speech from May 13, 1940 outlined the immense struggle ahead for Britain against Nazi tyranny. The summary is that Churchill said he had nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat in

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Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address (full text)


November 19, 1863

our score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and ded
o 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, ca
ndure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting
or those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

ut, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men
nd dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little no
ong remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicate
o the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedica
he great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for whic
ave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- th
ation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people
ot perish from the earth.
(278
Winston Churchill
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat (shortened version)
May 13, 1940
I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer
but
blood,
toil,
tears
and
sweat."
We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of
struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air,
with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous
tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask,
what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror,
victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be
realized; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no
survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I
take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among
men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together
with our united strength."
(235 words)
Winston Churchill
We Shall Fight on the Beaches (shortened version)
June 4, 1940
I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best
arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend
our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for
years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His
Majesty's Government-every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British
Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the
death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even
though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of
the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the
end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing
confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we
shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the
streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment
believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas,
armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New
World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
(307 words)

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