 | Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 Seiten
...dispute with her sister, said: "But I meet with nobody but myself that is always in the right." It ... astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching...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 of... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 382 Seiten
...with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can...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... | |
 | Louis Arthur Holman - 1916 - 134 Seiten
...is always in the right"; and reminding the members of their enemies who were confidently expecting "to hear that our 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 cutting... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1981 - 1224 Seiten
...with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an Assembly can...system approaching so near to perfection as it does. . . . Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I am not sure that it is not the best." Mr.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - 1982 - 112 Seiten
...WITH THOSE MEN, ALL THEIR PREJUDICES, THEIR PASSIONS, THEIR ERRORS OF OPINION, THEIR LOCAL INTERESTS, AND THEIR SELFISH VIEWS, FROM SUCH AN ASSEMBLY CAN...PRODUCTION BE EXPECTED? IT THEREFORE ASTONISHES ME, SlR, TO FIND THIS SYSTEM APPROACHING SO NEAR TO PERFECTION AS IT DOES; ... THUS I CONSENT, SIR, TO... | |
 | Theodore Dreiser - 1987 - 1168 Seiten
...with those Men all their Prejudices, their Passions, their Errors of Opinion, their local Interests, and their selfish Views. From such an Assembly can...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 cutting... | |
 | Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 Seiten
...with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can...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 cutting... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 Seiten
...with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can...astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching as near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies. . . . Thus I consent, Sir,... | |
 | Thomas Gustafson - 1992 - 500 Seiten
...finished product of their labors "will astonish our enemies, who are waiting to hear with confidence that our councils are confounded like those of the builders of Babel" (NFC, 653-4). i9 Joel Barlow, in the conclusion of his epic The Vision of Columbus, published the year... | |
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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 such an assembly... 
