What was Abraham Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address?

The Civil War was a true test of patriotism.

Both democracy and the United States would last.

The world would probably not remember what happened at Gettysburg.

It had been a long time since the Declaration of Independence.

The answer is:

Abraham Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address was that both democracy and the United States would last by saying in part that:

" ... - that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, for the people, shall not perish from earth."

The correct answer is: "The world would probably not remember what happened at Gettysburg."

Everett's speech had 13,609 words and lasted two hours. In contrast, Lincoln's brief words summed up the war in two or three minutes, in ten sentences, and in less than 300 words.

Lincoln's few selected words resonated throughout the nation and throughout history, challenging Lincoln's own prediction that "the world will notice little, not much time will remember what we say here."