Question

we are met on a great battlefield 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 that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. but in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. the brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. —abraham lincoln the gettysburg address november 19, 1863 consecrate means to make or declare sacred. hallow means to make or declare holy. lincoln observes that the soldiers of gettysburg died so that the battlefield would be made holy. the nation would survive. slavery would be abolished.

Explanation:

The text from the Gettysburg Address states that soldiers died so that the nation might live. There is no mention of slavery being abolished in this excerpt, and while the battlefield is discussed in terms of holiness, the primary reason for the soldiers' sacrifice was for the nation's survival.

Answer:

the nation would survive