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. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall... Letters and telegrams - Page 81by Abraham Lincoln - 1907Full view - About this book
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...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....new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...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....new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| Abott A. Abott - 1864 - 104 pages
...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....difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As ur case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...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 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
...? ' 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... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...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....and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, let cannot escape hisU>ry. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite... | |
| Edward McPherson - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...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....and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, tc« cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - United States - 1865 - 1244 pages
...appeal, which was as impressive as it was original, both in thought and in language: " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present....disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 864 pages
...better ?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, u Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present....new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...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....new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must diienthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history.... | |
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