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Each one of these passages is based on the 2000 year old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at DailyStoke.com.

This is what echoes in eternity. It's ironic that today we celebrate the anniversary of the Gettysburg address because the entire conceit of Lincoln's short 271 word address was that people with little note nor remember what he was saying what counted to Lincoln was what the soldiers living in dead had done.

The full measure of their sacrifice for freedom to preserve the union was beyond anyone's ability to add or subtract and the stills would have agreed with that sentiment.

It's a waste of time to talk about what a good man is like. Marcus really said we have to be one. So what he asked if people remember the things you said while you were alive yet yet yet.

We do remember what Lincoln said at Gettysburg because what he did in that short address was layout perhaps better than any other person the kinds of ideals we are trying to live up to and serve.

He defined and celebrated heroism for us with such beauty that you can't help but memorize it.

We forget the 13,000 words the two hours that the speaker before him spent bloviating what we remember is Lincoln's boiled down poetry because that poetry was calling us to something higher.

The Gettysburg address is a call to pick up the unfinished work of those noble soldiers who died so that other men could be free so that all men someday eventually could be treated equal.

It was a consecration of those virtues of courage and moderation and justice and wisdom.

Marcus really has believed there was nothing more inspiring than to see virtue embodied in the people around us.

On this day 157 years ago Lincoln managed to in a few short minutes enshrined virtue in a speech that echoes in eternity.

Does it matter more than the true sacrifices of the soldiers buried in the field where he spoke? No.

But it was a fitting tribute that we can continue to ring out today.

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