 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 208 pages
...of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face; and...either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. "First Inaugural Address," March 4, 1861 , reprinted in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, v. 4, p.... | |
 | Mary E. Stuckey - Political Science - 1996 - 252 pages
...violate it — break it, so to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?"; and "Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more...more satisfactory after separation than before?"; and finally, "Why should there not be a patient confidence in the u u ill. sz 1- O — X ££ Q. ~... | |
 | Luke Mancuso - History - 1997 - 180 pages
...out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and...either amicable or hostile, must continue between them" (Lincoln IV, 269). The interdiction of divorce in the Union "household" stoked the fires of reunion,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - Presidents - 2004 - 574 pages
...of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of the country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face; and...laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting,... | |
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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... 
