 | James Parton - 1864 - 728 Seiten
...short speech in support of this motion belongs to his biography, familiar as it is to many readers : " Mr. President : The small progress we have made, after...N^oes as Ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the impc'rfection of the human understanding. We, indeed, seem to foci our own want of political wisdom,... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 516 Seiten
...progress we have made aflei four or five weeks close attendance and continued reasonings with one another, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes jus ayes, are, methinks, melancholy prooi's of the imj>erfeetion of the human understanding. We indeed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 Seiten
...the 28th of June, 1787, rose, and delivered the following address : — Mr. President : — The slow 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 hist... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 510 Seiten
...In the speech of Dr. Franklin, delivered in the Convention of 1787, we find the following words : ' Mr. President, the small progress we have made after...our different sentiments on almost every question, 'Old Regime and Revolution, p. 190. several of the last producing as many noes as ayes — is, methinks,... | |
 | 1872 - 236 Seiten
...opinion of that wisest among the fathers of the Republic, of the relation of a nation to God. s MB. PRESIDENT: The small progress we have made, after...the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it. We have gone back... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 Seiten
...the same purpose. SPEECH IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION ON MOTION FOR OPENING THE CONVENTION WITH PRAYER. MR. PRESIDENT, The small progress we have made, after...the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it. We have gone back... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 Seiten
...the same purpose. SPEECH IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION ON MOTION FOR OPENING THE CONVENTION WITH PRAYER. MR. PRESIDENT, The small progress we have made, after...our different sentiments on almost every question, 388 PRAYER IN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES. [JET. Si. several of the last producing as many Noes as Ayes,... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 678 Seiten
...request of the deputies from New York. Dr. FRANKLIN. Mr. President, the small progress we have maile after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual...of the last producing as many noes as ayes — is, metliinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 678 Seiten
...have marie after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings will) each oilier — our different sentiments on almost every question,...of the last producing as many noes as ayes — is, metliinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...and acrimonious debate, when Franklin introduced a motion for daily prayers, in the following words : "The small progress we have made after four or five weeks, close attendance and continued reasoning with each other; our different sentiments on almost every question, several of... | |
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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,... 
