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 it can never forget what they did here.

abraham lincoln, gettysburg address, 1863

in this passage, what action does lincoln want the audience to take?

a. think about lincoln's speech and study it for years to come b. give the government the power to end the civil war c. honor gettysburg and turn it into a national monument d. remember the people who sacrificed their lives at gettysburg