 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...4, p. 252. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor...each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must... | |
 | Luke Mancuso - History - 1997 - 180 pages
...balances" but rather offered a domestic image to illustrate the stakes in keeping the Union whole: "A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of...each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must... | |
 | Fletcher Pratt - History - 1997 - 466 pages
...in all the states. "Physically speaking, we cannot separate. The different parts of our country must remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible to make that intercourse more advantageous after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier... | |
 | Bernard De Voto, Bernard Augustine De Voto - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 694 pages
...inaugural address the moving passage that begins, "Physically speaking we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor...each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this." On to the end. When he first addressed that solemn warning to the South there had... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...would not be surrendered at all by the other. Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor...can not but remain face to face, and intercourse, cither amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse... | |
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Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different... 
