 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 pages
...all do better ? " Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, " Can we do better T " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled nigh with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 428 pages
...Letter to Charles D. Drake and Others, Oct. 5,1863, vol. IX, p. /57. QUIET PAST AND STORMY PRESENT The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 1, 1862, vol. VIII, p. 131. No MENDING FOR BROKEN EGGS Broken eggs... | |
 | William James Potter - Sermons, American - 1895 - 474 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... | |
 | Jacob Gould Schurman - Agnosticism - 1896 - 200 pages
...1UNIVERSITY LIBRARY C£B 14 j 9/5 Nartnaati . JS Cushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Norwood Maw. USA " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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 save our... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - Indians of North America - 1860 - 312 pages
...all do better ? " Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, " Can we do better ? " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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 save our... | |
 | General Federation of Women's Clubs - 1922 - 686 pages
...Indianapolis, Ind. Transportation and Baggage — MRS. NF CLARK, 6810 Thomas Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pa. "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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 save our... | |
 | Robert Dickinson Sheppard - Presidents - 1899 - 136 pages
...compensated emancipation. I cannot forbear quoting some of his words. In concluding his appeal he said: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthral... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 384 pages
...if I read a brief lesson, which seems written for the hour. The words are as beautiful as emphatic. "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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 save our... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...we all do better? ' Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, ' Can we do better ? ' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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 save our... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 498 pages
...we all do better?' Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, ' Can we do better ?' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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 save our... | |
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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. 
