"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate……" — Abraham Lincoln

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.… - Abraham Lincoln

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the occasion. We cannot escape history. We will be remembered in spite of ourselves. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour, to the last generation. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, our last best hope of Earth."

— Abraham Lincoln

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