 | Robert P. Rhodes - Social Science - 1992 - 358 pages
...written unless changed through the amendment process which the Framers wisely provided" 12 MADISON: "When the Almighty Himself condescends to address...doubtful by the cloudy medium through which it is communicated."1 MARSHALL: "Such is the character of human language, that no word conveys to the mind,... | |
 | Robert A. Licht - History - 1991 - 220 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 defined."8 Publius conceded that, over time, "a series of particular discussions and adjudications"... | |
 | Douglas Greenberg, Stanley N. Katz, Steven C. Wheatley, Melanie Beth Oliviero - Law - 1993 - 416 pages
...variety of meanings; and readers necessarily impose their own frameworks of understanding on a text. "When the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind in their own language," Madison noted, "his meaning, luminous as it must be, is rendered dim and doubtful by the cloudy medium... | |
 | John Patrick Diggins - History - 1995 - 534 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,... | |
 | John P. Diggins - History - 1994 - 548 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. Federalist, no. 37. tions. "One is astonished at the reflection of Machiavel, 'such was the spirit... | |
 | Terence Ball - Political Science - 1994 - 330 pages
...terms in which it is delivered. And this unavoidable inaccuracy must be greater or less, accordingly to the complexity and novelty of the objects defined....doubtful by the cloudy medium through which it is communicated.31 Thus Madison maintains that the medium through which human beings communicate is not... | |
 | Maurice Berger, Brian Wallis, Simon Watson - Art - 1995 - 354 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...meaning, luminous as it must be, is rendered dim and doubttul by the cioudy medium through which it is communicated.'' lf God cannot escape the snares of... | |
 | Gary J. Jacobsohn, Susan Dunn - Political Science - 1996 - 156 pages
...(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988), 139-42. 54. Madison, The Federalist Papers 37, 229. ' 'When the Almighty himself condescends to address...the cloudy medium through which it is communicated." 55. Madison, The Federalist Papers 37, 230. Reflections on Citizenship and Diversity by Nathan Glazer... | |
 | John P. Diggins - History - 1994 - 548 pages
...inaccurate by the inaccuracy ol 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. When the Almighty himsclt condescends to address mankind in their own language, his meaning, luminous as it must be,... | |
 | James Madison - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 140 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. The Federalist No. 37, n Jan. 1788 PJM 10:362-63 To provide for the purity, the uniformity, and the... | |
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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. 
