 I doubt, too, whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better 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...  Readings in American Democracy - Page 45by Thames Williamson - 1922 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 pages
...of the Convention, that he is astonished to find the constitution so near perfection as it is — " and I think it will astonish our 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... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1899 - 462 pages
...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...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... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Rolls and Library - Constitutional history - 1900 - 936 pages
...Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joiot wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their...confidence to hear that our councils are confounded like those of the Builders of Babel; and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet... | |
 | James Madison - Constitutional history - 1787 - 578 pages
...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...confidence to hear that our councils are confounded like those of the Builders of Babel; and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet... | |
 | Literature - 1900 - 460 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - Political Science - 1901 - 498 pages
...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...confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel; and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1901 - 440 pages
...advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, theh passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests,...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... | |
 | David Excelmons Cloyd - Biography & Autobiography - 1902 - 126 pages
...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...confidence to hear that our councils are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1902 - 450 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Commonwealth Club of California - California - 1919 - 720 pages
...Constitution. For, when you assemble a number of men to have advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their...con-fidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet... | |
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