 | John Alexander Logan - Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Ill., 1858 - 1886 - 912 pages
...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...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1134 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...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... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1888 - 522 pages
...Congress when it assembled on the first Monday in December — words to be read through all time. " 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 uew, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disinthrall ourselves,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1888 - 526 pages
...are inadequate to 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 disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 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...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... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 600 pages
...we all do better ? " Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, " Can we do better 1" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 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...present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and wc must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...feelingly referred to the subject of the emancipation about to be consummated by Presidential decree: " 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. Fellow-citizens, we cannot... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...we all do better?" Ob]ect whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, " Can we do better ?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and wo must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, no we must think anew, and act anew. We must disinthrall... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - Presidents - 1891 - 416 pages
...are inadequate to 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. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and of 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. 
