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Which TWO choices provide the MOST accurate descriptions of what Lincoln accomplishes in his second paragraph?
A) He contrasts the sorrow of the present day with the glory of the nation's past.
(B) He questions what words are really worth on a day when great action is needed.
C He explains why he was making speech at that particular place on that particular day.
(D) He argues that the civil war is a test of whether the founding fathers' ideals could last.