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. Union and Anti-slavery Speeches - Página 421por Charles Daniel Drake - 1864 - 431 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 256 páginas
...of clergy ; the Rev. Dr. Gurley, present, the relater. The Quiet Past Versus the Stormy Present. " The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present." Presidential Message, Sept., 1862. " The Union First and Foremost — Slavery Afterwards." In Lincoln's... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 328 páginas
...imagine better?" but, "Can we all do better ?'r Object whatsoever is possible, still the question occurs, "Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are...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.... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 410 páginas
...will perceive no want of respect to yourselves in any undue earnestness l may seem to display. . . . 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.... | |
| Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 428 páginas
...will perceive no want of respect to yourselves in any undue earnestness I may seem to display. . . . 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.... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 326 páginas
...better?" Object whatsoever is possible, sti}l the question occurs, "Can we do better?" Vfhedogmas~~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.... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 330 páginas
...assure these vital objects ? We can succeed only by concert. It is not "Can any of u» imagine 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 to the stormy present. The... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 114 páginas
...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 - 1908 - 482 páginas
..."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 páginas
...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... | |
| 1863 - 320 páginas
...assure these vital objects ? We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ' Can any of us imagine better?' but ' Can we all do better?' Object whatsoever is...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.... | |
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