 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 826 pages
...for the hour. The words are as beautiful as emphatic : The dogmas of the quiet past are inadéquate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we musfr rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall... | |
 | George Washington Julian - History - 1872 - 512 pages
...administration. He saw then, what the President has finally discovered and told us in his late message, that " the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present; " that "as our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew;" and that "we must disenthrall ourselves,... | |
 | James Moore (M.D.) - 1875 - 582 pages
...rebellion, and restore the Union. The President concludes in language dear to every loyal heart. " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulties, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think and act anew. We... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1882 - 680 pages
...? We can succeed only by concert. It is not "can any of us imagine better?'' but •• can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the...The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the storm) present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As... | |
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - Local history - 1906 - 412 pages
...second annual message he asks Congress to excuse any undue earnestness on his part and then says : "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulties and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew.... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...objects '! We can succeed only by concert. It is not " can any of us imuyine better," but "can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still 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... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 600 pages
.... . We can succeed only by concert. It is not, " Can any of us imagine better ?" but, " Can 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 stormy present. The occasion is piled high with... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...succeed only by concert. It is not " Can any of us imagine better?" but "Can we all do better?" Ob]ect whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs,...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... | |
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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. 
