John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Frederick William Thomas. (1808–1866) |
| 6596 |
| ’T is said that absence conquers love; But oh believe it not! I’ve tried, alas! its power to prove, But thou art not forgot. |
| Absence conquers Love. |
| Salmon Portland Chase. (1808–1873) |
| 6597 |
| The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. |
| Decision in Texas v. White, 7 Wallace, 725. |
| 6598 |
| No more slave States; no slave Territories. |
| Platform of the Free Soil National Convention, 1848. |
| 6599 |
| The way to resumption is to resume. |
| Letter to Horace Greeley, March 17, 1866. |
| Henry Fothergill Chorley. (1808–1872) |
| 6600 |
| A song to the oak, the brave old oak, Who hath ruled in the greenwood long! |
| The brave old Oak. |
| 6601 |
| Now gold hath sway; we all obey And a ruthless king is he; But he never shall send our ancient friend To be tost on the stormy sea. |
| The brave old Oak. |
| 6602 |
| Then here’s to the oak, the brave old oak, Who stands in his pride alone! And still flourish he, a hale green tree, When a hundred years are gone! |
| The brave old Oak. |