Question

Read this excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and then Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to 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 … can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate … we cannot consecrate … we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but . What does President Lincoln clearly state by the line in ?

a. The world will never think about what happened.
b. The world will always remember what happened.
c. The world will always ignore what happened.
d. The world will likely reject what happened.

Answer 1

In the line, 'The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,' President Lincoln indicates that the world will not pay much attention to and remember what is said during the dedication. However, he emphasizes the duty of the living to continue to be dedicated to the cause for which the soldiers died.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the line, 'The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here,' President Lincoln clearly states that the world will not pay much attention to and remember what is said during the dedication. However, he follows it up by saying that 'It is for us the living... to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us.' This indicates that it is the duty of the living to continue to be dedicated to the cause for which the soldiers died, and to ensure that their sacrifices were not in vain.