...figure drawn up to its full height, he exclaimed, in tones unwontedly solemn, with suppressed emotion: "It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer *John Fiske, "The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789". what we ourselves disapprove, how...

...drawn up to its full height, he exclaimed in tones unwontedly solemn with suppressed emotion: •' It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. Jf. to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work?...

...futurity" addressed his counsel of warning and exhortation to the delegates: "It is too probable", he said, "that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps...disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the event is in the hand of God!"...

...word, a demoralized world. George Washington is said to have said, early in the Convention of 1787, It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God. No...

...that compromise appeared unattainable. We both then recalled the words of Chairman of the Convention, George Washington : "It is too probable that no plan...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the...

...that compromise appeared unattainable. We both then recalled the words of Chairman of the Convention, George Washington: "It is too probable that no plan...propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful court id is to be sustained. If, to pleas* the people, we offer what we es disapprovf, how can w«...

...that compromise appeared unattainable. We both then recalled the words of Chairman of the Convention, George Washington: "It is too probable that no plan...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the...

...building in the country. Arising from his chair, in tones solemn with suppressed emotion, he said : It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work! Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the...

...Washington. His words are as relevant today as they were when he spoke them almost 200 years ago. He said, "If to please the people we offer what we ourselves...disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard," he said, "to which the wise and the honest can now repair." That is a philosophy...

...could be persuaded to accept "what is necessary." In his speech he said, or so we are told: It is all too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted....conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we propose less what we know to be necessary, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard...