 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 not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory,...  Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865 - Page 175by Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1888 - 990 pages
...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...affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad... | |
 | Otis Frederick Reed Waite - New Hampshire - 1870 - 694 pages
...the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' "I am loath to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...affection. "The mystic chords of memory, stretching fromevery battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad... | |
 | Charles Henry Hart - 1870 - 106 pages
...entreaty : 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...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... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend " it. I am loah to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land,... | |
 | William Cothren - Bethlehem (Conn. : Town) - 1872 - 878 pages
...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...affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land,... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1872 - 578 pages
...steps, was welcomed by one and all, most heartily and cordially. " We are not enemies," he said, " but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. "The mystic cord of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...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...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave t0 every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - United States - 1872 - 386 pages
...the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. 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... | |
 | Erastus Buck Treat - 1872 - 404 pages
...most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." t I am loath to close. 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... | |
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