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Gettysburg Address is a sacred, but elusive text
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Gettysburg Address is as sacred an American text as "The Star-Spangled Banner." But as immediately recognizable as some of its words are, others are more elusive. There exists no definitive edition of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to dedicate a cemetery at the Civil War battlefield. Scholars still debate the speech's exact length, usually ranging from 268 to 272 words...
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Gettysburg Address is as sacred an American text as "The Star-Spangled Banner." But as immediately recognizable as some of its words are, others are more elusive. There exists no definitive edition of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to dedicate a cemetery at the Civil War battlefield. Scholars still debate the speech's exact length, usually ranging from 268 to 272 words... 
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