Question

ead the passage from The Gettysburg Address. 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 . . . What is the “great task” in this passage? the preservation of the Union the memorial service for those who died the battle of Gettysburg the abolition of slavery

Answer 1

the preservation of the Union

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Answer 2

The "great task" in this passage is the preservation of the Union.
President Lincoln gave this speech after the events of the Civil War between the South and the North. He tried to say that it was their duty to mend the Union and to honor all those people who died during the war, protecting the Union.