Compare and Contrast Funeral Oration and Gettysburg Address

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…in the funeral oration was to emphasize the way in which individuals serve the common good by pursuing their own ends. He provided a good insight into just how Athenian democracy understood itself. The Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most noted battles of the Civil War, was fought on July 1-3, 1863. On November 19, 1863, the field was dedicated as a national cemetery by President Lincoln, who delivered the brief speech that was to become immortal.