Which sentence from "the gettysburg address" most effectively develops the theme that it is important to honor those who have fallen in defense of our country’s principles?

"now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and dedicated, can long endure."

"we are met on a great battle-field of that war."

"but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground."

"we have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live."

In what way does the first line of "london, 1802" vary from the traditional iambic pattern? the word milton is an iamb the word milton is a dactyl the word milton is a trochee?

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

Thomas paine's common sense convicted colonists to