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" Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these... "
The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ... - Page 280
by Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 290 pages
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Constitutional History of the United States from Their Declaration ..., Volume 1

George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1889 - 800 pages
...to perfection. " The opinions I have had of its errors," said he, " I sacrifice to the public good. Within these walls they were born, and here they shall...were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby...
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Civil Government in the United States: Considered with Some Reference to Its ...

John Fiske - Political Science - 1891 - 412 pages
...because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...objections he has had to it, and endeavour to gain pan isans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby lose all the...
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The Story of the Constitution of the United States, Volume 51

Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1891 - 220 pages
...is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have IH-VIT whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these...were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby...
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Studies in American History

Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - United States - 1891 - 482 pages
...because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...these walls they were born and here they shall die. Whilst the last members were signing, Doctor 'Franklin, looking towards the President's chair, at the...
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Columbian Selections: American Patriotism. For Home and School

Patriotism - 1892 - 440 pages
...because I am not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to his constituents, were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in...
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Columbian Selections: American Patriotism. For Home and School

Patriotism - 1892 - 436 pages
...Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to his constituents, were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby...
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Journal of the Federal Convention, Volume 2

United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1893 - 432 pages
...because I am not sure, that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...objections he has had to it, and endeavour to gain partizans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby lose all the...
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Journal of the Federal Convention: Kept by James Madison, Volume 2

Erastus Howard Scott - Constitutional history - 1893
...because I am not sure, that it is not the beat The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...born, and here they shall die. If every one of us, in retnrning to our constituents, were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavour to gain...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 14

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1885 - 832 pages
...and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinion I have of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...of them abroad. Within these walls they were born, here they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to his constituents, were to report the objections...
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Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of ..., Volume 9

Archives - 1897 - 976 pages
...because I am not sure, that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good- I have never whispered a syllable...were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby...
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