Read this excerpt from "the gettysburg address." …we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

why does lincoln allude to the declaration of independence here?

a. to insist that america will not forget its dedication to the ideals of freedom

b. to convey his pessimistic view that the civil war will never end

c. to demonstrate his disgust that more soldiers will die bloody deaths on the battlefield

d. to express hope that the current government will be reformed

! hurry!