four is the first word of the gettysburg address.
what is the first word of the gettysburg address?
four
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the gettysburg address is a speech that u.s. president abraham lincoln delivered during the american civil war at the dedication of the soldiers' national cemetery in gettysburg, pennsylvania, on the afternoon of thursday, november 19, 1863, four and a half months after the union armies defeated those of the confederacy at the battle of gettysburg. it is one of the best-known speeches in american history.
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in 2015, the abraham lincoln presidential library foundation compiled "gettysburg replies: the world responds to abraham lincoln's gettysburg address". the work challenges leaders to craft 272 word responses to celebrate lincoln, the gettysburg address, or a related topic.









































one of the replies was by astrophysicist neil degrasse tyson in which he made the point that one of lincoln's greatest legacies was establishing, in the same year of the gettysburg address, the national academy of sciences, which had the longterm effect of "setting our nation on a course of scientifically enlightened governance, without which we all may perish from this earth".
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