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Excerpt from Banquet Given on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln by the Lincoln Centennial Association: February the Twelfth, Nineteen Hundred and Nine, the Illinois State Armory, Springfield We are not enemies, but friends. 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; will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched. As surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Banquet Given on the One Hundred and First Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln by the Lincoln Centennial Association: February the Twelfth Nineteen Hundred and Ten, the St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield Would that the brave Rameses, King of Time Were throned in your souls, to raise for you Vast immemorial dreams dark Egypt knew, Filling these barren days with Mystery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.