 | Abraham Lincoln - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1907 - 114 pages
...There is something ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off. TWENTY- SECOND Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, "Can we do better?" TWEN TY-T HI RD I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1908 - 482 pages
..."Can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, " Can we do bettor?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is plied high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 78 pages
...Letter to Charles D. Drake and Others, Oct. $, 1863, vol. IX, p. 157. QUIET PAST AND STORMY PRESENT The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Annual Message to Congress, Dec. I, 1862, vol. ViII, p. 131. No MENDING FOR BROKEN EGGS Broken eggs... | |
 | John Bigelow - France - 1909 - 672 pages
...can succeed only by concert. It is not, ' ' Can any of us imagine better f ' ' 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... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - Presidents - 1910 - 192 pages
...object of redress by mob law." "My boy, never try to be President! If you do, you never ,-all be." "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present." "The Lord must love the common people — that's why he made so many of them." "Keep that (temperance) pledge... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1911 - 170 pages
...better ? " but, " Can we all do better ? " Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, " Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate 15 to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Executive power - 1912 - 618 pages
...how to write and to speak well. The message of December, 1862, contains such sentences as these, — "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. . . We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. . . . We cannot escape history.... | |
 | Jonathan Todd Hobson - Dayton (Ohio) - 1913 - 136 pages
...from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance." During the war he said : "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew." Crossing the Line. THE new commandment was... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1919 - 240 pages
...fact, could place Pennsylvania in the very front rank in all matters of local finance and accounts. "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."... | |
 | Josiah Grout - 1925 - 154 pages
...his 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.... | |
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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. 
