...fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The governf/KS T MESSA GE. 1 1 ment will not assail you. You can have no conflict without...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,...

...yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and...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,...

...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. We must...affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land,...

...there are fewer and finer passages of literature than the close of Lincoln's first message: "I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriotic grave to every loving heart and hearth-stone all over this broad land,...

...and touching words which even yet thrill the heart, he said: " Though passion may have strained, it 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 all over this broad land,...

...words, which so forcibly exemplified his character and so clearly indicated his goodness of heart : " I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends....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,...

...there are few finer passages in literature than the close of Lincoln's inaugural address : " I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...affection. The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriotic grave to every loving heart and hearthstone all over this broad land,...

..."We are not enemies, but friends. We must not become enemies. Though passion may have strained, it 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 hearthstone, all over this broad land,...

...PUBLIC THEOLOGY Mary Doak STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS "Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land,...

...Civil War in the closing lines of the first inaugural address: 'Though passion may have strained, it 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 all over this broad land,...