 | Larry D. Mansch - 2005 - 246 頁
...poetically, the idea Seward's, the language his own: In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war....must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 頁
...momentous issue of civil war." Then, reaching out once more in a moving and conciliatory gesture, he said: I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends....must not break, our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 頁
...to recast and sharpen Seward's patriotic sentiments into a concise and powerful poetry: "I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and... | |
 | David Herbert Donald, Harold Holzer - 2005 - 462 頁
...Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect and defend" it. I am loth [sic] to close. We are not enemies but friends. We must...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battle-field and patriot's grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Simone Payment - 2004 - 68 頁
...government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loathe to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Linda LaTourelle, C. C. Milam - 2004 - 390 頁
...be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. - Albert Schweitzer We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. - Abraham... | |
 | Bruce D. Weinstein - 2005 - 200 頁
...Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, which he gave on Monday, March 4, 1861: We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Sean Wilentz - 2006 - 1114 頁
...South and men of patriotic goodwill everywhere. "I am loth to close," he said. "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and... | |
 | Brian Weiner - 2009 - 258 頁
...dismembering of the Union. He closes with a final appeal to affection and memory: We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
 | Paul Woodruff - 2006 - 304 頁
...Lincoln's plea for harmony is addressed to the South at his first inauguration: We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion...must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone... | |
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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,... 
