Question

Which theme from the gettysburg address is developed in these lines from the speech:

it is all together fitting and proper that we should do this. but, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.

Answer 1

there is no way to truly honor those who died.

Answer 2

In the lines from the 1863 speech The Gettysburg Address, American President Abraham Lincoln intends to dedicate a cemetery at Gettysburg in order to honor those who perished in the Civil War. Thus, he assigns a portion of that field as a resting place for those who gave their lives for their country.