 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
..."Can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, " Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high ivith difliculty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our cose is new, »o we must think anew, and... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...Can we all do better? Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, ' Can we do better ?' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled Message. Saving the Union. The Tide Turned. high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...we all do better ? Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, ' Can wo do better ?' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled Message. Saving the Union. The TMe Turned. high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...succeed only by concert. It is not ' can any of us imagine better,' but ' can we all do better ? ' " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion U piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, go we must think... | |
 | J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 774 pages
...can we all do better V Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, ' can we do better?' The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the...then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite of»... | |
 | Emily Hazen Reed - New Orleans (La.) - 1868 - 376 pages
...the mischief he is inflicting on his country. Pardon me if I read a brief lesson : "The dogmas of the past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion...new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disen thrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." These are the words of Abraham Lincoln.... | |
 | Emily Hazen Reed - New Orleans (La.) - 1868 - 392 pages
...the mischief he is inflicting on. his country. Pardon me if I read a brief lesson: "The dogmas of the past are inadequate to the stormy present The occasion...difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our cane is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disen thrall ourselves, and then we shall... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 836 pages
...quiet past are inadequate to ^ • stormy present. The occasion is piled high with iifScalty, and wo must rise with the occasion. AS our case is new, so we must think anew and act weir. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shill lave our country. "These are the words of Abraham... | |
 | Joel Parker - Constitutional law - 1869 - 118 pages
...a brief lesson which seems as if written for the hour. The words are as beautiful as emphatic. " ' The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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.... | |
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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. 
