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Quotation from The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
“that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion”
The Gettysburg Address, Sentence 10 (Avalon Project text)
The charge to the living, built on the double use of the word devotion.
Citation: "that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion" — Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, Sentence 10 (Avalon Project text). (id gettysburg-address-q5)
Portrait: Lincolnatgettysburg, Attributed to Mathew Brady studio / unidentified photographer, Public domain.
