 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 pages
...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...then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration •will be remembered in spite... | |
 | Joel Parker - Constitutional law - 1869 - 118 pages
...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 save our country.'" " These are the words of Abraham Lincoln. They are as full of vital force now as when he uttered them.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 826 pages
...occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we musfr 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 country. " These are the words of Abraham Lincoln. They are as full of vital force now as when ha uttered them.... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1875 - 448 pages
...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 save our country." These are the words of Abraham Lincoln.1 They are as full of vital force now as when he uttered them.... | |
 | James Moore (M.D.) - 1875 - 582 pages
...piled high with difficulties, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think and act anew. We must 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... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...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...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, vu cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite... | |
 | Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...Congress at the opening of the session. The following is an extract from the closing part of his message : "Fellow-citizens — We cannot escape history. We...remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance pr insignificance can spare one or the other of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light... | |
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - Local history - 1906 - 412 pages
...occasion is piled high with difficulties 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 the country. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...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...then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...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 save our country. Fellow Citizens, we can not escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered... | |
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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. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall... 
