| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 7009 |
| AUTHOR: | Horace Greeley (18111872) |
| QUOTATION: | The masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm which has so long divided them. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Acceptance of Liberal Republican Nomination as President. May 29, 1872. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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