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title: "What does Lincoln mean when he says soldiers gave \"the last full measure of devotion\"?"  
description: "What does Lincoln mean when he says soldiers gave \"the last full measure of devotion\"?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40822/what-does-lincoln-mean-when-he-says-soldiers-gave-the-last-full-measure-of-devotion  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What does Lincoln mean when he says soldiers gave "the last full measure of devotion"? 

What does Lincoln [mean when he says](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51457/what-does-president-lincoln-mean-when-he-says-these-dead-shall-not-have-died-in-vain) soldiers gave "the last [full](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12893/experience-the-full-power-of-suitecrm) [measure](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32242/why-nepal-rejects-india-s-offer-to-jointly-re-measure-mount-everest) of devotion"?


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