Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing weather that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated , can long endure.

I want you to begin to see the power of Lincoln’s language by looking at this word choice with care.

The impact of a word choice: What if Lincoln had used the verb “start” instead of “conceive?” Look
“conceive” up in the thesaurus for help if needed.

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Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing weather that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated , can long endure. 

I want you to begin to see the power of Lincoln’s language by looking at this word choice with care.

The impact of a word choice: What if Lincoln had used the verb “start” instead of “conceive?” Look
“conceive” up in the thesaurus for help if needed.

ilovebmth1234 · Answer

@wolfe8

wolfe8 · Answer

I would say that a nation does not just start. She is made by a group of people who want to work together as one so it was conceived. Not just start like a story or something. That's what I think

ilovebmth1234 · Answer

What are the people who are
assembled at Gettysburg there to
do?

wolfe8 · Answer

Oh sorry but I don't really know American history. You can Google that.

ilovebmth1234 · Answer

its ok and i do not know american history either im bad at it but thanks for helping me with the first one :)