 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...  The Life of Abraham Lincoln - Page 84by Abott A. Abott - 1864 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1897 - 800 pages
...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...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, u'e can not escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite... | |
 | Joseph Patterson Smith - 1898 - 1180 pages
...Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments). He concluded his message with this impassioned appeal: We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1898 - 812 pages
...preserve our liberties as each had then to establish them ;" and as he added in another message : "As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country." To the man who perceives occasion for alarm... | |
 | Robert Dickinson Sheppard - Presidents - 1899 - 136 pages
...stormy 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 ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history!... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...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...disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...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...disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1900 - 808 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 384 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Samuel Gibbs French - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 452 pages
...present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. Our case is new. We must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save the country." (Joel Parker Lecture at Harvard College.) These words indicate that the powers of the... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 496 pages
...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, aud then we shall save our country. " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. "We of this Congress... | |
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