Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war.

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

八十七年前，我们的先辈们在这个大陆上建立了一个全新的国家，它受孕于自由的理念，并献身于人人生而平等的理想。