 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.  Anecdotes of Public Men - Page 170by John Wien Forney - 1873Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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...new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our [religion"}." CONTENTS PART I HUXLEY AND SCIENTIFIC... | |
 | 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...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
 | 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...new, so we must think anew and act anew. "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. The fiery trial through which we pass will... | |
 | 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....new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then vie shall save our [religioit]." CONTENTS PART I PAGE HDXLEY AND SCIENTIFIC... | |
 | 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...disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country." To the man who perceives occasion for alarm in a duly organized military system, let it be recalled... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 384 pages
...if I read a brief lesson, which seems written for the hour. The words are as beautiful as emphatic. "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...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... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...we 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...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 498 pages
...we 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...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
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