The day of the dance, I was horrified and find a big red splotch on my face. for had b. d. to

 It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion— that
we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.