 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 312 trang
...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...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish view*. IVom such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir,... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 trang
...: 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...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 trang
...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...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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 trang
...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...expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me, Sir, to find thus system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 trang
...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...and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfeet production be expeeted ? It, therefore, astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching... | |
 | 1854 - 576 trang
...For, when yon 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 in'-ireste, and their selfish views. From snch an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? Tt,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 trang
...have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their piejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From euch an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this... | |
 | Massachusetts. Convention - 1856 - 462 trang
...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...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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Convention - 1856 - 476 trang
...the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudjces, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local...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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Convention - 1856 - 474 trang
...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...it will astonish our enemies who are waiting with conftdence to hear that our councils are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our... | |
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I doubt, too, whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better 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 pas,sions,... 
