In his conclusion, Lincoln tries to explain once
again why the Civil War is important to the nation
and what the Union is fighting to protect.
In Lincoln's view, what result would mean that the
soldiers who died at Gettysburg did not die in
vain?
We here highly resolve 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,
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth
the Civil War ending with no winner
the Union winning the Civil War
the war ending peacefully with a Confederate
victory
In this reading:
Resolve means declare with determination"
DONE
in vain means "for nothing
Perish means "be destroyed"
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