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COPYRIGHT, 1907, 1909, 1911 AND 1912, BY HARPER AND BROTHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY THE S. S. McCLURE CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published April 1913
TO MY FATHER
JOHN ALDEN SINGMASTER, D.D.
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED
1863-1913
Four Score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on thiscontinent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty; and dedicated to theproposition that all men are created equal.
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 meton a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portionof that field, as a final resting place for those who her