Quote: The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.
Author: Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Author: Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA Really wanting to know what Mr. Lincoln meant by, Fourscore and Seven Years Ago. I understand the rest of the quote.
Quote: It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him and it mars him; it sets him on and it takes him off.
Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright
2006-10-24 02:44:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The first means not everyone's goint to likeyou when you get involved with liberating people from oppression. The oppressed are going to appreciate it, but the oppressor is going to be nasty to you.
A score is equal to twenty. , so it's 87 years ago..........
The last he was talking about liqour (or other substance), loosening someone up for say, a performance. You think you'll do better, you're more relaxed, you lose inhibitions but he says it does more harm than good because you are not of clear thoughts and actions and don't have all of your control. You then can do what you wanted to.
2006-10-24 03:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by youneedtupperware@prodigy.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.
This means that what is justice for one is injustice for someone else. The wolf attacks the sheep to satisfy its hunger and not out of maliciousness, and yet the shepherd is in duty bound o protect the sheep. Thus the sheep is happy to be alive but the wolf remains hungry. Keeping both alive involves one being less satisfied than the other.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
When the first "Americans" reached America they had ideals or freedom and equality for all and worked hard for it, so that those who had died so as to reach that place and be given the possibility to see this ideal creared would have died for something worthwhile even though they were not there to enjoy it. The Government they intended to have was meant to be one that follows the rules of god so that the people could work for eachother and keep eachother from dying away and fading into degradation.
It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him and it mars him; it sets him on and it takes him off.
Alcohol removes inhibition and can arouse feelings that would otherwise remain hidden, but then physically it acts as an inhibitor which will not allow him to perform up to standard with his words. It makes the man loose of purpose, gives him freedom of expression but stains him in society, it starts him off on a path which he will inevitably be unable to end.
2006-10-24 03:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by MAC C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say that:
1) Opinions of right & wrong are sometimes based on your perspective.
2) A score is 20 years; Fourscore and seven years = 87 years.
3) A drunk will be more motivated to do things but will do a poor job.
2006-10-24 02:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by joechem77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The abolitionist is a liberator to the slave and the destroyer of the liberty to own slaves to slaveholders.
A score is twenty years, plus seven is eightyseven years.
Alcohol lowers inhibition allowing lust free reign but being drunk frequently leaves a man unable to perform sexually.
2006-10-24 05:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you might be asking us to do your homework, but here goes:
1. You're danged if you do and danged if you don't. Also, you can't please everyone.
2. Look people, we've been working at this for a long time now, and we're not about to quit while we're ahead. This is a republic, not a monarchy, and it will last forever because it's the right way to go.
3. The irony of booze is that it makes you want to do something but now you can't, cause you're drunk.
2006-10-24 02:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this source, the shakespeare one is talking about Drink in Macbeth, it is all about the evil's of drink
2006-10-24 02:55:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dunno...and dunnot care...why u care??
2006-10-24 02:51:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋