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World War One: Patriotism

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The Greatest Speech of American History

This is the greatest speech of american history. Most school children in the united states are taught that. Abraham lincoln delivered it on the battlefield at gettysburg during the civil war. He's got four clauses that all start with the word that, which form a sort of parallel construction. And then the most famous part of the speech is the last paragraph where he ties it all together.

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