Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible
union disposed of indestructible States.

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible
union disposed of indestructible States.

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?

Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.

Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.

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.

United we stand, divided we fall.

United we stand, divided we fall.

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.

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!