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Why Is the Gettysburg Address Important?
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5-1-2008 5:56 PM
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akarra
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Addresses two views of how equality should be established as a principle in American life.
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5-2-2008
4:13 AM
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All men are created equal.
"To be an American is to believe all men are created equal, to work to make that a truth as best one can."
So, is the truth a little less true since the Bush years.
I believe that if most men accepted that ALL men are created equal then most of the disharmony on earth would be sorted.
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