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 - Página 170por John Wien Forney - 1873 - 444 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Mark Tushnet - 2005 - 278 páginas
...Addressing Congress in December 1862, Abraham Lincoln said, "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves,... | |
| Alexandra Stoddard - 2009 - 228 páginas
...legacy of joy during his time alive, struggling with rare bravery. Joy is yours when you are courageous. THE OCCASION IS PILED HIGH WITH DIFFICULTY, AND WE MUST RISE WITH THE OCCASION. ABRAHAM LINCOLN *72* Refresh your Inner Life CONTEMPLATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF ACTIVITY. ARISTOTLE... | |
| Frederick Cookinham - 2005 - 488 páginas
...in the last two centuries, we have seen millions of earnest college students solemnly declaring that the dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. Things are not as simple as your parents used to think they were. You have to be open to new ideas.... | |
| Jan Johnson-Smith - 2005 - 322 páginas
...Civil War tore into the Union, Abraham Lincoln made his second Address to Congress and remarked that the 'dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present'. 32 Equally, it can be said that many of the icons and ideologies of the Western are inadequate to the... | |
| Richard Zera - 2005 - 316 páginas
...is changing so fast nowadays you couldn't stay wrong all the time even if you tried. —Will Rogers 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. — Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Imagination... | |
| Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 páginas
...capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be. ~ John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873 ~ The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865 ~ Message to Congress, 1862 December 1 There is... | |
| Thomas E. Schneider - 2006 - 241 páginas
...sincerity, calls the "unmatched heights of eloquence" attained in the close of his message to Congress? The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the...new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall our selves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history.... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 páginas
..."Can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the qucstion recurs, " Can we do better?" The dogmas of .the quiet past are inadequate to the...new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disinthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens, we can not escape history.... | |
| David Scott - 2006 - 422 páginas
...success. - What's At StakeLessons of the Business-Technology Weave: The 4-1-1 on 9/11, Katrina & Beyond... The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. Abraham Lincoln The most important failure was one of imagination. The 9/11 Commission Report The best... | |
| Steven Fantina - 2006 - 254 páginas
...anything about it. -Albert Einstein 51 Fundamentally, public opinion wins wars.- Dwight Eisenhower The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the...our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. -Abraham Lincoln The American eagle may be slow to anger but once incensed nothing can stand against... | |
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