Read the excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus
far so nobly advanced. 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 here gave the last full
measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation,
under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
What is Lincoln's purpose in the excerpt?
O to thank the families of soldiers for their support
O to describe the varied lives of fallen soldiers
O to encourage young citizens to enlist in the military
Oto rally emotional support for a unified country