Question

30 POINTS
In 50 words, explain what this quote means and why Lincoln includes it in his Gettysburg Address: "We can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."

Answer 1

What Mr. Lincoln was saying there was that we cannot add to the importance of this ground any more than the blood of the soldiers who fought there have already done. consecrate - to make (something) an object of honor or veneration hallow - to respect or honor greatly; revere.

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Answer 2

the gettysburg address was made up of 4.5 months after the defeat of confederate armies by those of the union at the battle of gettysburg. to consecrate means to declare something holy and hollow is its synonym.