 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...their local interests, and their selfish vices. From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me, Sir, to find...and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are awaiting with confidence to hear that * It must have been an affecting sight to see the philosopher... | |
 | William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...their local interests, and their selfish views. From such. an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me, Sir, to find...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... | |
 | John Fiske - United States - 1890 - 412 pages
...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to find...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | John Fiske - United States - 1890 - 406 pages
...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to find...near to perfection as it does: and I think it will astunish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like... | |
 | John Fiske - Political Science - 1891 - 412 pages
...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to find...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Constitutional history - 1891 - 220 pages
...selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect 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 our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded,... | |
 | Patriotism - 1892 - 436 pages
...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find...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... | |
 | Erastus Howard Scott - Constitutional history - 1893
...opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our States are on the point of separation, only to . meet hereafter for the purpose... | |
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It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so 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 those of the builders of Babel... 
