 | Otis L. Graham - History - 2004 - 266 pages
...scenarios of an American society, and the larger world, after the growth binge was over. DOGMAS OF THE PAST The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. . . . We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. — Abraham Lincoln, Annual... | |
 | Adam Braver - Fiction - 2004 - 321 pages
...morphine. And the carriage rolled on. On to the next field. c Crybaby Jack's Theory The dogmas of the quid past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high ifith difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so uv must think anew,... | |
 | Ted Halstead - Political Science - 2009 - 304 pages
...when the existence of the union itself was in question. His second, in 1862, is the most memorable. "The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present," he said. "As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew." We offer these essays in that spirit.... | |
 | Marshall Cobleigh - Political Science - 2005 - 326 pages
...feel it is the duty of the leader to propose ideas and to innovate. As Abraham Lincoln said so well: "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 we must think anew, and act anew . . . and only then we shall... | |
 | Ian I. Mitroff - Business & Economics - 2005 - 264 pages
...Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis CHAPTER ONE The Crisis Society: The Rise of the Abnormal 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 we must think anew. —Abraham Lincoln, signing the July 2,... | |
 | Roger Z. George, Robert D. Kline - History - 2006 - 622 pages
...President Abraham Lincoln observed during a period of transformation not unlike what we face today, "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 we must think anew, and act anew.'"8 The complexities of modern... | |
 | Mark Tushnet - History - 2005 - 278 pages
...Addressing Congress in December 1862, Abraham Lincoln said, "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for 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. We must disenthrall ourselves,... | |
 | Richard Zera - Humor - 2005 - 316 pages
...is changing so fast nowadays you couldn't stay wrong all the time even if you tried. —Will Rogers 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. — Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Imagination... | |
 | Jan Johnson-Smith - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 322 pages
...Civil War tore into the Union, Abraham Lincoln made his second Address to Congress and remarked that the 'dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present'. 32 Equally, it can be said that many of the icons and ideologies of the Western are inadequate to the... | |
 | Frederick Cookinham - Philosophy - 2005 - 488 pages
...in the last two centuries, we have seen millions of earnest college students solemnly declaring that the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Things are not as simple as your parents used to think they were. You have to be open to new ideas.... | |
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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. 
