 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 Seiten
...local interests, and their selfish view?. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected I It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system...councils are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our states are on the point of separation only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 Seiten
...local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected f it therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system...waiting with confidence, to hear that our councils are confoinded, like those of the builders of Babylon, and that our states are on the point of separation,... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 Seiten
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected?...near to perfection as it does; and I think it will confound our enemies, who arc waiting with confidence, to hear that oar councils are confounded, like... | |
 | 1826 - 440 Seiten
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected...approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and J think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 Seiten
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected...who are waiting with confidence to hear, that our counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 96 Seiten
...be expeeted 1 It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaehing so near to perfeetion as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with eonfidenee to hear that our eouneils are eonfounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 558 Seiten
...prejudices» their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selnsh views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir. to ind this system approaching so near to pertecnon as k does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies«... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...opinion, theirlocal interests, and their selfish views. From such an assemhly can a perfect production he expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find...that our councils are confounded, like those of the huilders of Bahylon, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 Seiten
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of separation only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected...enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our counsels are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point... | |
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Constitution. For, when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From... 
