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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Four score and seven years ago

0 I know that this is the beginning of Gettysburg Address, but I don't know what actually it means: Why four score? I guess seven years ago can be calculated and the answer will be-perhaps Declaration of Independence? 02br
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0 A score is 20, so four score and seven years is 87 years. 02br 02br 00The bible says that a mans lifespan is three score and ten - so 70 years. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 A score is 20, so four score and seven years is 87 years.
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0 A score is 20, so four score and seven years is 87 years. 02br
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0 Thank you very much, and do you happen to know what happened 87 years ago? 02br
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Psalms 90:10, I believe.

Clive
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A score is 20 years, thus four score and seven years ago equals 20 X 4 = 80 + 7 = 87 years ago. The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln 87 years after the signing of the Declaration of Indenpendence.
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Hi,

Thank you for the last response, but I believe all this information was already supplied earlier in this thread.

Best wishes, Clive
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I love your tango, btw, Clive. Emotion: smile
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Hi,

Thank you.

I see that you like geese in the snow. I like this saying by Lao-tzu (Li Erh): The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Best wishes, Clive

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SEE BELOW

The vigesimal or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_%28mathematics%29-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_%28number%29 numeral system is based on (in the same way in which the ordinary
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is score = to 20 yrs?
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