thE linColn mEmoriAl, loCAtED on thE nAtionAl mAll in wAshington,D、C、, is onE linE oF thE most proFounD symBols oFAmEriCAn DEmoCrACy in thE worlD、DEDiCAtED in 1922, it won thE prEstigious golD mEDAl oF thEAmEriCAn institutE oFArChitECts For its ArChitECt, hEnryBACon. thE physiCAl prEsEnCE oF thE mEmoriAl is AwE- (5) inspiring. thErE ArE A totAl oF 36DoriC Columns ArounD thE BuilDing, EACh rEprEsEnting onE oF thE 36 stAtEs oF thE union At thE timE oF linColn’s DEAth in 1865. stonEs From vArious stAtEs wErE usED in thE ConstruCtion oF thE mEmoriAl. thE nAmEs oF thE 48 stAtEs in thE union At thE timE oF thE mEmoriAl’s ComplEtion ArE CArvED on thE outsiDE wAlls. thE north wAll oF thE linColn mEmoriAl BoAsts (30) thE sixtEEnth prEsiDEnt’s sEConD inAugurAl ADDrEss, whilE on thE south wAll, thE gEttysBurgADDrEss is prouDly CArvED、ABovE thE stAtuE oFABrAhAm linColn ArE thEsE worDs: "in this tEmplE, As in thE hEArts oF thE pEoplE For whom hE sAvED thE union, thE mEmory oFABrAhAm linColn is EnshrinED ForEvEr."

thE pAssAgE suggEsts thAt thE Author woulD BE most likEly to AgrEE with whiCh oF thE Following stAtEmEntsA、thE linColn mEmoriAl wAs ConstruCtED At A timE whEn littlE wAs known ABout ArChitECturE.
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B、thE truE mEAning oF thE linColn mEmoriAl is oBsCurED By its ArChitECturE.
C、most pEoplE who visit thE linColn mEmoriAl ArE unAwArE oF its importAnCE.
D、sinCE thE ComplEtion oF thE linColn mEmoriAl, FEw othEr mEmoriAls hAvE BEEn Built thAt mAtCh its quAlity.
E、thE sizE AnD signiFiCAnCE oF thE linColn mEmoriAl ArE EquAlly imprEssivE.