 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 311 pages
...instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, in'deed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of... | |
 | United States - 1888
...even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but find to be otherwise. " It is, however, that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. " In these sentiments, sir, I agree to the constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1885
...Constitution which I do not, at present, approve, but I am not sure that I shall never approve them. The older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment and to respect the judgment of others. I sign this Constitution with all its faults, if there are such, because... | |
 | Southern New Hampshire Bar Association - Bar associations - 1899
...possession of all truth ; and that wherever others differ from them, it is so far error. "But," he says, "the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment and to pay respect to the judgment of others." In their judicial intercourse, so far as I know, neither of these... | |
 | Literature - 1900
...instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1901 - 419 pages
...instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." In spite of Franklin, supported in debate by Hamilton, Morris, and others, Randolph, Mason, and Gerry... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 4107 pages
...instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1901
...experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or consideration to change opinions, even on important subjects which I once thought right,...that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my judgment and pay more respect to the judgment of others. "Most men, indeed as well as most sects in... | |
 | FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE - 1901
...experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or consideration to change opinions, even on important subjects which I once thought right,...that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my judgment and pay more respect to the judgment of others. "Most men, indeed as well as most sects in... | |
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For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older... 
