United we stand; divided we fall

United we stand; divided we fall

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

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

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.

Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.

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.

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.

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

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

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.