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One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, read more
One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.
Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]
Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]
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.
Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one
safety.
[Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, read more
Whatever may be the issue we shall share one common danger, one
safety.
[Lat., Quo res cunque cadant, unum et commune periculum,
Una salus ambobus erit.]
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
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.
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and read more
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.
