 | William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1906 - 286 pages
...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 of... | |
 | Edward Waterman Townsend - Constitutional history - 1906 - 332 pages
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinions, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?...and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are awaiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded like those of the Builders of Babel;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1906 - 1056 pages
...their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perject production !>. expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find...it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confident to hear, that our councils are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our... | |
 | Leonard Brown - Conduct of life - 1908 - 630 pages
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, elr, to find this system approaching so near perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1911 - 680 pages
...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 Monday MADISON... | |
 | Horace Leslie Brittain - Readers - 1911 - 284 pages
...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 of... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - United States - 1914 - 476 pages
...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... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 800 pages
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, an-d their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected?...councils are confounded like those of the Builders of Babel ; •Sparks. Life of Franklin, p. 518; Hunt, Madison's Journal, vol. ii., pp. 389-391. FRANKLIN'S... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 632 pages
...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... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - History - 1915 - 634 pages
...prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected...it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with conf1dence to hear U)»t our^ councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that... | |
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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... 
