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Lincoln Memorial

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other."

 

-- from Lincoln's address to the Illinois Republican Convention,  1858

"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."

 

-- from Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861

"On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war ...  Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came."

 

-- from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865

"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

 

-- from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865
COMMENTS
Zero42 said at 4:13 p.m. on May 20, 2007:
bravo! very nicely done all around.
Wflorence said at 4:30 p.m. on May 20, 2007:
Very good presentation. Way to go Dave.
Roygoodwin said at 4:49 p.m. on May 20, 2007:
Such an impressive place. Great images. Timeless words..... Thanks Dave.
Pkeener said at 10:36 p.m. on May 20, 2007:
Ihave seen this and it is awesomw to behold. your tabblo has done it great justice. Love the last quote. Nice job!
Applegirllayla said at 1:41 a.m. on May 21, 2007:
I love the pictures of Lincoln's hands.
ElZorroTOX said at 8:57 a.m. on May 21, 2007:
Great combination of pictures and quotes.
Mittens said at 9:52 a.m. on May 21, 2007:
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. (from Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861) He was a very smart man! Great tabblo Dave.
Paolo said at 3:02 p.m. on May 21, 2007:
Very beautiful!
Dave.delay said at 6:25 p.m. on May 21, 2007:
Thanks, everyone. I've visited Washington many times over the years. I can't remember a time when I haven't stopped by the Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln was a special man and the Memorial is a very special place. If you are in Washington, it's a must see.
Siagian said at 12:21 p.m. on May 22, 2007:
i LOVE this. thank you for making this.
Blevine said at 9:24 p.m. on May 25, 2007:
Beautiful Dave. Thank you.
Engelgrafik said at 12:30 p.m. on Jul 15, 2007:
I have my own theory as to why war came... if you look at the demographics of America prior to the 1860s, the north had changed drastically to what it was 100 years before. The northern and western states were flooded with millions of immigrants from Europe, most of which came over with the help of Christian organizations who also happened to be Abolitionists. They were against slavery of all forms. Remember in the 1840s in Europe, you had revolutions against the Conservative monarchies. The middle class was being subjugated and many Europeans considered this very much like slavery. So they left, with the help of these Christians Abolitionist organizations and moved to America. They did not move to the Southern states. Why? Because the South represented feudal Europe. You had rich white people in power and local government, and poor whites and slave blacks who were ruled by those elites. This demographic change would cause the northern Americans, more and more of whom were European in descent, pro-Abolition and of little tolerance for neo-feudalism to make it harder and harder for the Southern elites to get away with what they were doing. And those Southern elites used patriotism and heritage to rally their lower-class white voters to beat the war drums. It was very unfortunate, and I say this as someone who considers himself a southerner.
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