So, it is hard to<span> imagine a </span>Gettysburg Address<span> without the </span>Declaration of Independence<span>—the document that provided </span>Lincoln<span> with rhetorical, political, and personal ... birth of </span>freedom<span>” </span>Lincoln<span> spoke about, as he made it clear that the Civil War was being fought </span>to<span> preserve the ideals of the </span><span>Declaration of Independence..
