A. Best the reason why it is not better (even though it sounds right) is because it says "out of the five cousins" there for we are comparing ben to five other people and he is the best.
Answer:
3. a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality for all people could endure
Explanation:
The Gettysburg Address was a speech by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, in the Civil War.
This following citation of the address is important to solve this question
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on 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, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure."
So the correct answer is:
3. a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality for all people could endure
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