If you have another old mac with a CD drive and have the necessary networking hardware (and I assume you do), stick the CD in another machine, turn on filesharing, and mount the CD on the 1400's desktop as a network drive by connecting to the other machine in the Chooser. Install.
Even localtalk would work fine for these purposes, though the installation will take maybe an hour.
Even localtalk would work fine for these purposes, though the installation will take maybe an hour.