"Let us then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind, let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things, " he said in a classic expression of our great tradition of conciliation.

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Let us stop the hemorrhage, let us bind the wounds, let us open a new chapter of durable peace and harmony.

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Let us hope it will also be a force for peace and harmony in a world that is clearly headed for a new, vigorous and provocative pluralism of values, cultures and civilizations.

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