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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. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall... "
The Social science review [afterw.] New York social science review. A ... - Page 307
edited by - 1865
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British and Foreign State Papers

Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1868 - 1434 pages
...high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, [1861-62. LII.] Q so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we ahall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we caunot escape history. "We, of this Congress., and this...
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...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. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered...
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...no room for details or large quotation ; its closing paragraph was as follows : " Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will ba remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another...
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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ...

United States. President - 1862 - 990 pages
...occasion. As our case is new, so we zust think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and ien we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress :.nd this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance,...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - 1863 - 758 pages
...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. We must disenthrall...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, wt cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite...
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Prayerful Sympathy Invoked for America: A Sermon Preached at Cross Street ...

Alfred C. Thomas - 1863 - 36 pages
...rise with the occasion. As our case is so new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history; we of this Congress will be remembered in spite of ourselves; no personal significance or insignificance can spare one...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - 1864 - 462 pages
...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. We must disenthrall...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, wt cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Abott A. Abott - 1864 - 104 pages
...from the original, or we should have wished to italicise these lines. " Above al, fellow citizens, we cannot escape history, We of this Congress, and...Administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves." What sincerity and truthfulness of m'.nd shines all through these sentences ! " The fiery trial through...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - 1865 - 680 pages
...occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we muet rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, to« cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite...
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The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion

Edward McPherson - 1865 - 676 pages
...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. We must disenthrall...and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, u>« cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this Administration, will be remembered in spite...
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