 | Benjamin Franklin - Autobiographical memory - 1837 - 356 pages
...men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion,...approaching so near to perfection as it does; and 1 think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence, to hear that our councils are... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 246 pages
...with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local inti-rc-sts, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can...near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence, to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1839 - 268 pages
...men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitahly assemhle with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their sellish views. From such an assemhly can a perfect production he expected ? It therefore astonishes... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 pages
...of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their pas,sions, their errors of opinion,...near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 558 pages
...men, to hare 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 selnsh views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1845 - 672 pages
...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,...near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...opinion, theirlocal interests, and their selfish views. From such an assemhly can a perfect production he expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find...near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesman - 1848 - 312 pages
...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 view*. IVom such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir,... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - Statesmen - 1849 - 178 pages
...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,...near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1851 - 318 pages
...their prejudices, their passions, their rrrors of opinion, their local interests, and their se!6sh views. From such an assembly can a perfect production...near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
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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 pas,sions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. 
