"Buried In the Silence of the Slain"
"It should be something heartfelt."
"Indeed."
"Something that shows that you understand the horrors of war." Pippin loved talking but felt that with this subject—with this man—every word needed to be chosen carefully. "Your army has been fighting for over three years and has faced much carnage and horror. And you are dedicating this speech to them—both the living and the dead."
There was a slow, deliberate nod. "I wish to do just that. 'The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.'"
"Yes, that would be perfect, I think. Speaking as a veteran of my own world's wars, I feel honored myself!"
Abraham Lincoln smiled and bowed his head respectfully. "Thank you, my friend."
A/N: Don't ask my where this came up. I've been watching a lot of Civil War documentaries again. The passage Lincoln recites is from his famous "Gettysburg Address".
