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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. "
Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath School - Page 148
by William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 200 pages
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Complete Works, Volume 12

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...
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Lectures and Sermons

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...
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Discovery of America

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...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 ourselves....
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Biennial of the General Federation of Women's Clubs: Official ..., Volume 16

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...disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation....
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Agnosticism and Religion

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...disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our [religion"}." CONTENTS PART I HUXLEY AND SCIENTIFIC AGNOSTICISM . . 1 PART II PHILOSOPHICAL AGNOSTICISM...
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Agnosticism and Religion

Jacob Gould Schurman - Agnosticism - 1896 - 202 pages
...1896, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Norton oft JS Gushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. USA : " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall saw our [religion"]." CONTENTS PART I PASB HUXLEY AND SCIENTIFIC AGNOSTICISM . . 1 PART II PHILOSOPHICAL...
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Agnosticism and Religion

Jacob Gould Schurman - Agnosticism - 1896 - 206 pages
...USA " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to tie stormy present. The occasion is piled bigb with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion....act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then vie shall save our [religioit]." CONTENTS PART I PAGE HDXLEY AND SCIENTIFIC AGNOSTICISM . . 1 PART...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: 1861-1869

United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - Presidents - 1897 - 800 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...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...
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The North American Review, Volume 166

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1898 - 812 pages
...to 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...
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Abraham Lincoln, a Character Sketch

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...
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