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 LINCOLN here^ but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which ^ they who fought here 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 gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly re- solve 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, and for the peo- ple, shall not perish from the earth. VI THE SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS* (1865) At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued seemed very fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been • The Associated Press version reads, ** That they have thus far so nobly carried on." « The Associated Press version has *'the" for "these." • The Associated Press version reads, " That the nation shaU, tinder God." • March 4, 1865. 995