I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States.
I always use the word "Union" or read more

I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States.
I always use the word "Union" or "Confederacy." We are not a
nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.

Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one read more

Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Philippians 4:2

Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.

Their meetings made December June.
Their every parting was to die.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection.

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.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
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There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are
united in their objects and wishes.
[Lat., Neque est ullum certius amicitiae vinculum, quam consensus
et societas consiliorum et voluntatum.,]

Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]

Be united--united--united.
[Ger., Seid einig--einig--einig.]

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.