 | United States - 1886 - 190 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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 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 vices. From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me,... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 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,...near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our counsels are confounded like... | |
 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 542 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,...expected ? " It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to see this system approaching so near perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies,... | |
 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 464 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,...expected? " It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to see this system approaching so near perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies,... | |
 | Augustus Wood Clason - Constitutional conventions - 1888 - 190 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 views. It therefore astonishes me to find this system approaching so near perfection as it does ; and I think... | |
 | John Fiske - United States - 1890 - 412 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... | |
 | John Fiske - Political Science - 1891 - 412 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... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1891 - 220 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,...production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think that it will astonish... | |
 | Patriotism - 1892 - 440 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,...near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our counsels 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. 
