It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us. 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 government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Can I substitue will for shall?
No, it would spoil it. "Shall" is perfectly appropriate for the time and the context. And why would you want to change it anyway?
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No, it would spoil it. "Shall" is perfectly appropriate for the time and the context.
And why would you want to change it anyway?