...fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation." And, "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. We must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves . . . and then we shall save our country."...

...in American history. After 250 years of slaver.', the nation was on its way to becoming wholly free. "The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present," Lincoln warned the legislators. "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with...

...recognizes the pragmatic spirit in a speech by Abraham Lincoln after the battle of Fredericksburg: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion. As our case is new, so must we think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves,...

...inclusion even more clearly, concluding, "It is not 'can any of us imagine better?' but 'can we all do better?' Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs 'can we do better?'" 111 Succeeding public and private statements, especially after Lincoln dropped his support for colonization...

...the rest of the world. On the other hand, failure is ideological, as suggested by Abraham Lincoln: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present." Kaplan despairs of developing an effective "central organizing principle" to accommodate the present...

...unprecedented developments. As Abraham Lincoln said of his times, which were revolutionary ones also: "The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew."29 Or as Alexis de Tocqueville had said a...

...precedent, Lincoln had to feel his way as he went, adopting and altering policies as he thought best. "The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present," he told Congress in 1862. "As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew."2 Still, his fundamental...

...postmodern mistake is that they're being allowed to get away with it. THE MAINSTREAM LITERARY ALTERNATIVE The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise—with the occasion. Abraham Lincoln: Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862. Musical language...

...on Abraham Lincoln's birthday. In 1862, he said in an address to Congress: "The dogmas of the quite 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...

...colonial English who at least made every effort to stamp out slavery after 1840. AFRICAN AMERICANS The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Let us disenthrall ourselves. (Abraham Lincoln, 1st Inaugural Address, 1860) African Americans are...