...'preserve, protect, and defend' it. ... We must not be enemies. 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,...

...the American people. With them he specifically addressed all those living in the South: I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must...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,...

...by turning around Seward's suggested "I close," which was too abrupt for what followed: I am loath 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,...

...the words coming out of our own civil war where it was said by Abraham Lincoln: "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,...

...the oath — or following in the tradition of Judas Iscariot, another hypocrite. 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,...

...forgiving as Jesus. If only people could forgive themselves. Epilogue "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,...

...forgiving as Jesus. If only people could forgive themselves. Epilogue "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, fo every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land,...