On the recordNovember 30, 1862
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.
Source
nps.govEditor's note · Context
From Lincoln’s Second Annual Message to Congress, urging adaptation to new challenges.
Share & report
More from Abraham Lincoln
Feb 7, 1865
And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.
Feb 9, 1865
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
Feb 8, 1865
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the duty required under the most favorable circumstances, and now rendered doubly difficult by existing national perils…
Other voices in this conversation
