The answer is:
D. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground
In his 1863 speech The Gettysburg Address, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln makes reference to the soldiers and civilians who gave their lives during the American Civil War. In that respect, Lincoln means that it is impossible for them to declare the land sacred or sanctify it to a further extent. The reason is, those who perished for the cause have already honored it as holy far above them.
