Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
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So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition--
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem;
So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart;
Two of the first, like coats in heraldry,
Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,
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When our two lives grew like two buds that kiss
At lightest thrill from the bee's swinging chime,
Because the one so near the other is.

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth.

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth.

Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,
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Divide and command, a wise maxim;
Unite and guide, a better.
[Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,
Verein' und leite! Bess'rer Hort.]

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out read more

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity!

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity!