 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...  Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths - Page 109by Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 244 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...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...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
...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...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
...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
...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 - History - 1865 - 680 pages
...whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs "can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past w 7 \+d [ `' ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, tc« cannot escape history. We, of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...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...must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - United States - 1865 - 1244 pages
...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. The occasion...must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1865 - 676 pages
...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...must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, let cannot escape hisU>ry. We, of this... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 864 pages
...whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, u Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion...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.... | |
 | 1865 - 654 pages
...easily surpassed in the depth and earnestness of its entreaty : — " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion...new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our j country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
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