In this excerpt, lincoln uses brevity to create a dramatic impact by saying that the people do not have the power to make the land sacred. by saying that it is up to the people to consecrate the land for the soldiers. by discussing how the land should be considered sacred and holy. by repeating how people cannot make the land as sacred as the soldiers have.

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )