Question

mandelas inauguration speech by nelson mandela (excerpt)
10 may 1994
1 today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty.
2 out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud
3 our daily deeds as ordinary south africans must produce an actual south african reality that will reinforce humanitys belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for glorious life for all.
4 to my compatriots, i have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld.
5 each time one of us touches the soil of this land, we feel a
both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity...\
now read this excerpt from president lincolns gettysburg address:
\but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 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 here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion - that 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.\
both excerpts address issues of race. in addition, like mandelas speech, lincolns speech specifically addresses the concept of

Explanation:

Mandela's speech is about a new South Africa post - apartheid (a form of conflict and then rebuilding). Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is after the American Civil War (a conflict) and is about the nation moving forward, taking on the "unfinished work" of the dead soldiers. It emphasizes that the living should be dedicated to the cause for which the soldiers died, which is similar to the idea of rebuilding a nation after a conflict (the Civil War). The first option "war tearing a nation apart" is more about the conflict itself (the Civil War was already over when the Gettysburg Address was given). The third option "the valiant people who fought in a war" is too narrow as it doesn't capture the post - war rebuilding aspect. The fourth option "citizens feeling united with their nation" is not the main focus. The key in Lincoln's speech is taking the sacrifice of the dead and applying it to the nation - building (rebuilding) after the conflict.

Answer:

the rebuilding of a nation after conflict