 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must ba greater or less, according to the complexity and novelty...indistinctness of the object, imperfection of the organ of perception, iuadequateness of the vehicle of ideas. Any one of these must produce a certain degree... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1826 - 736 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and novelty of the objects denned. When the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind in their own language, his meaning,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - United States - 1831 - 758 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and...indistinctness of the object, imperfection of the organ of perception, inadequateness of the vehicle of ideas. Any one of these must produce a certain degree... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...inaccurate by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and novelty of the objects denned. When the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind in their own language, his meaning,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and...indistinctness of the object, imperfection of the organ of perception, inadequateness of the vehicle of ideas. Any one of these must produce a certain degree... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1852 - 528 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and...are three sources of vague and incorrect definitions ; . T indistinctness of the objecQ) imperfection of the organ of perception^yinadequateness of the... | |
 | American prose literature - 1855 - 506 pages
...inaccuracy must be gre< Icr or less, according to the complexity and novelty of the objects defmed. When the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind...as it must be, is rendered dim and- doubtful by the clondy medium through which It i> communicated. Here, then, are three sources of vague and incorrect... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And tltis unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and novelty of the objects defined. \Vhen the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind in their own language, his meaning, luminous... | |
 | Peter Hardeman Burnett - United States - 1863 - 142 pages
...inaccurate by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and...the cloudy medium through which it is communicated." And Webster, in his reply to Hayne, very justly said : " No definition can be so clear as to avoid... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1864 - 850 pages
...inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and...condescends to address mankind in their own language, his moaning, luminous as it must be, is rendered dim and doubtful, by the cloudy medium through which it... | |
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... the definition of them may be rendered inaccurate, by the inaccuracy of the terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, according to the complexity and novelty of the objects defined. 
