But,in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow,this ground - The brave men, living and dead,who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
VOA: special.2011.02.07
This is reminiscent of all the dutiful grandchildren and great-grandchildren lingering over deathbeds with digital recorders, or else manically pursuing their ancestors through the online genealogy sites at three in the morning, so very eager to reconstitute the lives and thoughts of dead and soon-to-be-dead men, though they may regularly screen the phone calls of their own mothers.