 Mr. President, The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance and continual reasonings with each other — our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes — is, methinks,...  Pamphlets on Biography1901Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Edward Parsons - 1879 - 320 trang
...the United States, he introduced a motion for prayers, with the following important observations : "The small progress we have made after four or five weeks' close attendance, and our different sentiments on almost every question, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 trang
...The speech which accompanied this motion will forever be conspicuous in our annals. He said : " Mr. President ! The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks close attendence and continual reasonings with each other ; our different sentiments on almost every question,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1866 - 402 trang
...DEPENDENCE UPON GOD. Speech in the Convention for framing the Constitution, 1787. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. MR. PRESIDENT: The small progress we have made after four...indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, and we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of... | |
 | George Morgan Browne - 1886 - 212 trang
...which deserves to be imprinted in durable characters on the hearts of all legislators : — . " Mr. President. The small progress we have made after four...almost every question, several of the last producing almost as many noes as yeas, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding.... | |
 | Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - 1888 - 676 trang
...members : " The small progress we have made after four or five weeks of close attendance and continued reasonings with each other, our different sentiments...— several of the last producing as many noes as yeas — is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1888 - 176 trang
...984-986; reprinted in Elliot's " Debates," enlarged edition, vol. v. pp. 253-255. " Dr. FRANKLIN : Mr. President, the small progress we have made after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasoning with each other—our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last... | |
 | James Gibbons - 1889 - 554 trang
...attendance and continued reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection...indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, fince we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient history for models of... | |
 | 1889 - 990 trang
...after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasoning with each other — our diftVrent sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many nays as yeas — is, methlnks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of human understanding. . . .... | |
 | Grover Cleveland - 1892 - 634 trang
...members : The small progress we have made after four or five weeks of close attendance and continued reasonings with each other, our different sentiments...— several of the last producing as many noes as yeas — is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We, indeed,... | |
 | William Uhler Hensel - 1892 - 590 trang
...different sentiments on almost every question—several of the last producing as many noes as yeas—is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of...the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our want of political wisdom, since we have been running about in search of it. We have gone back to ancient... | |
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