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" 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, the identical questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you. "
Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and presidential addresses, 1859 ... - Page 144
by Abraham Lincoln - 1907
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The National Hand-book of American Progress: A Non-partisan Reference Manual ...

Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1888 - 602 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before}...gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you. This country, with its institutions, belongs...
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New Outlook, Volume 6

New Thought - 1953 - 1224 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before-!...more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws among friends? Suppose you go to war, you can not fight always ; and when, after much loss on both...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before...between aliens than laws can among friends ? Suppose yon go to war, you cannot fight always ; and when, after much loss on both tided aud no gain on either,...
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ...

United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1032 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?...easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be mure faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot...
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One United People: The Federalist Papers and the National Idea

Edward Millican - History - 292 pages
...remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. . . . Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make...faithfully enforced between aliens, than laws can between friends?"14 These are clearly the sentiments of Publius. In the twentieth century, the clearest...
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Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures

Gabor S. Boritt - History - 1992 - 273 pages
...nothing. In 1861, hoping to discourage civil war, he had told his disgruntled southern countrymen: "suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and...you cease fighting, the identical old question[s] ... are again upon you." But, to repeat, the president learned. This new war-making Lincoln demanded...
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Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form

Priscilla Wald - History - 1995 - 418 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory, after separation than before?...enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? (AL, 4:269) The reality of secession and the power of anti-amalgamation sentiment prompt Lincoln to...
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A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire

Fletcher Pratt - History - 1997 - 466 pages
...amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible to make that intercourse more advantageous after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? "But in your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of civil...
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Speeches that Changed the World

Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?...laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you can not fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides and no gain on either, you cease fighting,...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?...laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you can not fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides and no gain on either, you cease fighting,...
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