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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war... Plagiarism?

doc_gunthrop 6y ago
Comparing one of the most famous opening lines of speech in American history to a specific few sentences from the middle of a novel? Sure...fair comparison.
- napier 6y ago
  A novel that almost everyone who spends time here has read.
  - doc_gunthrop 6y ago
    That's an assumption with zero backing.
  - doc_gunthrop 6y ago
    By the way, if you're going to avoid giving proper attribution, at least put quotes around the passage being quoted. Otherwise it's implied that those words came from you.