government of the poople，by the people，for the people，shaIl not perish
from the earth。
到了一八六四年，他有了一个亲自签名的订正本（第五种），原文是：
……That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in
vain－that this nation，under God，shall have a new birth of freedom－and
that govemment of the people，by the people，for the people，shaIl not
perish from the earth.版本虽有不同，但在of the people，by the people，for
the people原文上，并没改动，所以这段以三个前置词带出来的名言，的确是他努力肯定
的。徐道邻在中译这篇演说后，加以题解，说：“其论民主政治之真谛，以三介词阐发无剩
义，尤为神来之笔。他人千言万语徒为词费矣。”可算确评。