Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important... The Foundations of the Modern Commonwealth - Página 23por Arthur Norman Holcombe - 1923 - 491 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 634 páginas
...which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them; for having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or consideration to change opinions, even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found... | |
| Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 450 páginas
...Constitution at present; but, air, I am not sure I shall never approve it, for, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged,...I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
| Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 páginas
...which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them: For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and... | |
| Jerome B. Agel, Mort Gerberg - 1991 - 68 páginas
...Constitution at present; but, Sir, I am not sure I shall never approve it; for, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged,...better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but I found to be otherwise ...... | |
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 páginas
...which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged...which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, speech in the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17,... | |
| Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 páginas
...I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged,...respect to the judgment of others. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.... | |
| Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1997 - 846 páginas
...he tells the Convention on September 1 7th, "I have experienced many instances of being obliged ... to change opinions even on important subjects, which...grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment." The point of this comment is to encourage his divided colleagues to settle for an "apparent unanimity"... | |
| Various - 1994 - 676 páginas
...Constitution at present; but, Sir, I am not sure I shall never approve it; for, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged,...better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is... | |
| I. Bernard Cohen - 1995 - 376 páginas
...what old age could offer to a person who had lived in accord with reason and an experimental temper: "I have experienced many instances of being obliged,...better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects." Furthermore, he thought that "there is no form of government... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 páginas
...shall never approve it: For having lived long, I have experienced many Instances of being oblig'd, by better Information or fuller Consideration, to...and to pay more Respect to the Judgment of others. Most Men indeed as well as most Sects in Religion, think themselves in Possession of all Truth, and... | |
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