“A house divided against itself cannot stand” famous and true words by Abraham Lincoln, who reunited the United States Of America during one of the most bloodiest war in its history. He also gave a speech in a battlefield of t one of the most gruesome battles of the Civil War, called The Gettysburg Address a speech written and delivered by Lincoln. In paragraph two of the short but powerful speech he changes focus. In the first paragraph Lincoln states,”We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place…[then he continues to contradict himself later] But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate- we cannot hallow-this ground.” This citation demonstrates Lincoln’s shift in focus. He uses this to transition