TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: My claim is that Lincoln's address expresses the same idea that was then current in Europe. Each people of common history and language constitutes a nation, and the natural form for the nation's survival was in a state structure.

SOLUTION: Lincoln's address and Europeas where the same. Common history and language constitutes a nation, and the natural form for the nation's survival was a state structure.

PROBLEM: Prudie applauds your thoughtfulness, however, and is sure you are one of those considerate people who, when ending a hotel stay, leaves a tip for the maid.

SOLUTION: Prudie applauds your thoughtfulness and is sure you are one of those people who leaves a tip when leaving a hotel

PROBLEM: Before delving back into this slag-heap of a book for additional nuggets, let me take a breather and say a few more words about Bell the man.

SOLUTION:
Before delving back into this terrible book, let mesay y a few more words about Bell the man.