The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. Abraham Lincoln - Page 354by Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 542 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 416 pages
...are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise to the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and of this administration will be remembered... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...the conduct of public affairs. Yet I trust that in view of the great responsibility resting upon rne you will perceive no want of respect to yourselves...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disiuthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. "Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| 1899 - 652 pages
...'Can we all do better?' Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, ' Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 394 pages
...we all do better? ' Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, 'Can we do better ? ' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall .ourselves, and then we shall save our country. "Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 pages
...the Chief Magistrate of the nation. Nor do I forget that some of you are my seniors, nor that many of you have more experience than I in the conduct...and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is entirely new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 854 pages
...all do better ? " Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, " Can we do better 1 " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 184 pages
...if it were just, would certainly be unwise." • SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, DEC. 1, 1862. " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then shall we save our country." • TO A WOMAN PREACHER OF THE SOCIETY... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...all do better ? " Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, " Can we do better T " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled nigh with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 428 pages
...Letter to Charles D. Drake and Others, Oct. 5,1863, vol. IX, p. /57. QUIET PAST AND STORMY PRESENT The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862, vol. VIII, p. 131. No MENDING FOR BROKEN EGGS Broken eggs... | |
| William James Potter - 1895 - 474 pages
...intent. Hear the deep, stately, measured tones as they seem to come from the distant heavens : — "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion . . . We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. . . . No personal significance... | |
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