 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 cords of memory,...  The Story of Washington: The National Capital - Page 137by Charles Burr Todd - 1889 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have i strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. "The mystic...of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearilistone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 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...cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 96 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...of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot-grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 306 pages
...destroy the government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Presidents - 1865 - 322 pages
...destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 296 pages
...destroy the government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad Land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - 1865 - 342 pages
...destroy the government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | Thomas Mears Eddy - Illinois - 1865 - 642 pages
...destroy the government ; while I shall have the most tolemn one to 'preserve, protect, and defend' it. " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
 | Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1865 - 636 pages
...the government ; while I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend ' it. " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends....of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus... | |
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