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The Gettysburg Address
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Four score and seven years ago,
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our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,
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conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition
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that all men are created equal.
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Now we are engaged in a great civil war,
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testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, can long endure.
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It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us.
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That government of the people, by the people, for the people,
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shall not perish from the earth.
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Difficulty: Advanced | Duration: 2:46 | Grammar Focus: Conditional Sentences (If...)
Grammar Explanation: First conditional: If + present, will + verb: 'If you try, you will succeed'. Zero conditional for facts: 'If you heat water, it boils'.
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