Read the passage from "The Gettysburg Address."

"But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate... we cannot consecrate... we cannot hallow... this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."

Why does Abraham Lincoln repeat the words "we cannot" in the passage?

A. to give importance to the probability that history will remember this battle as only one of many
B. to make his listeners feel worn down during this time of war
C. to show his listeners that the war is far from over
D. to emphasize that the soldiers who fought on this battlefield are the ones who have made this ground holy