| John Carroll Power - 1889 - 486 pages
...the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bond of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...extreme wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years. My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
| Hutton Webster - Great Britain - 1920 - 238 pages
...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while / shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect,...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
| John Wesley Hill - 1920 - 454 pages
...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while I have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and...but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, the bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching... | |
| Samuel Eagle Forman - United States - 1921 - 704 pages
...not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
| Thomas Herbert Dickinson, Thomas H. Dickinson - Drama - 1921 - 764 pages
...the momentous issue of civil war. You can have no conflict without yourselves being the aggressors. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, do not allow it to break our bonds of affection. That is our answer. Tell them that.... | |
| James Albert Woodburn, Thomas Francis Moran - United States - 1922 - 336 pages
...government, while I shall have the most solemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend' it. I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...must not break, our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearth-stone... | |
| Bernie Babcock - Slavery - 1923 - 338 pages
...Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without yourselves being the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government...but friends. We must not "be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break the bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching... | |
| Walter Gaston Shotwell - United States - 1923 - 424 pages
...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the Government, while / shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect...but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.' It will be noticed how Lincoln emphasises... | |
| Louise Payson Latimer - Washington (D.C.) - 1924 - 404 pages
...faces, slowly put on his glasses, and read his inaugural. In ending the address, he said: I am loth to close; we are not enemies but friends, we must...must not break, our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearth... | |
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