 | Books - 1863 - 798 pages
...we all do better?' Object wheresoever is possible, still the question recurs, 'Can we do better?' " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulties, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
..."Can we alt do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, " Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and jire must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must... | |
 | Charles Daniel Drake - Enslaved persons - 1864 - 446 pages
...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 stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulties, and we must rise with the occasion. , As our case is new, so we must think anew. We must... | |
 | William James Potter - 1865 - 82 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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
..."Can 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 stormy present. The occasion is piled high ivith difliculty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our cose is new, »o we must think anew, and... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...we all do better ? Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, ' Can wo do better ?' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled Message. Saving the Union. The TMe Turned. high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...Can 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 stormy present. The occasion is piled Message. Saving the Union. The Tide Turned. high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...succeed only by concert. It is not ' can any of us imagine better,' but ' can we all do better ? ' " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion U piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, go we must think... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 826 pages
...for the hour. The words are as beautiful as emphatic : The dogmas of the quiet past are inadéquate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we musfr rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall... | |
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The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficult}', and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. 
