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" 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... "
The British Prose Writers...: Dr. B. Franklin's essays - Page 161
1821
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Washington, Bowdoin, and Franklin: As Portrayed in Occasional Addresses

Robert Charles Winthrop - Statesmen - 1876 - 214 pages
...... In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such. ... I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution. . . . The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered...
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American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 27

Education - 1877 - 972 pages
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 27

Henry Barnard - Education - 1877 - 982 pages
...forms have done before it, when the people shall' become so corrupted as to need despotic government, SIPYCy t ta ׊ > C %5< >[ȝ9^ lF $ "B c prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: Now First ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1884 - 556 pages
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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Patriotic Eloquence: Being Selections from One Hundred Years of National ...

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish vices....
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The Old South Leaflets: Annual ser

United States - 1886 - 190 pages
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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The Science of Government in Connection with American Institutions

Joseph Alden - United States - 1886 - 332 pages
...better information or by fnller consideration, to change opinions even on iraportsut subjects." "I doubt whether any other convention we can obtain may be...constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to hare the advantage of their joint wisdom, yon inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices,...
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Sketches of War History, 1861-1865: Papers Read Before the Ohio ..., Volume 1

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 464 pages
...forms have done before it), when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. " I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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The Continental First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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Sketches of War History, 1861-1865: Papers Read Before the Ohio ..., Volume 1

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 542 pages
...fofms have done before it), when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. " I doubt, too, whether...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views....
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