 | Lawrence Augustus Gobright - History - 1869 - 446 pages
...Address in a clear, distinct voice, concluding as follows: " I am loth to close. Wo are not cncmiat, 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 hcnrthstono... | |
 | Charles Henry Hart - 1870 - 106 pages
...all their old rights under the constitution, and closed with these words of warning and entreaty : most solemn one " to preserve, protect and defend...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-stone... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 694 pages
...government, while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' "I am loath to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must...must not break our bonds of affection. "The mystic chords of memory, stretching fromevery battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 698 pages
...government, while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' "I am loath to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must...passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of aft'ection. " The mystic chords of memory, stretching fromevery battle-field and patriot grave to... | |
 | Hugo Adam Bedau, Paul G. Cassell - History - 2005 - 260 pages
...Lincoln often talked of binding up wounds as he sought to preserve the Union. "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection." I have had to consider not only the horrible nature of the crimes that put men on death... | |
 | Roger Milton Barrus - History - 2004 - 178 pages
...states. He closed with a moving appeal for unity: "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not become enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and... | |
 | James Panabaker - History - 2004 - 264 pages
...theme into Foote's The Civil War in the closing lines of the first inaugural address: 'Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Mary Doak - Religion - 2004 - 264 pages
...RECLAIMING NARRATIVE FOR PUBLIC THEOLOGY Mary Doak STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS "Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone,... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
...Lincoln proceeded to recast and sharpen Seward's patriotic sentiments into a concise and powerful poetry: "I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 462 pages
...Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend" it. I am loth [sic] to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battle-field and patriot's grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
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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 bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory,... 
