That government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S., Washington, D.C., United States.

The Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in D.C.

The memorial is inscribed with words from the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.

Lincoln was tall, but not this tall: if Lincoln were to stand up with the same proportions as he is sitting, he would be 28 feet tall. 

Inside the memorial.

The memorial.

For more information on the Lincoln Memorial.

The post's title?  It's from the Gettysburg Address.

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