...entirely approve of this 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, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which...

...Lodge, Knox, Borah and Brandegee and their following can read it each day. This is what Franklin said : I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve. But having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller...

...FRANKLIN (This was his last speech to the Constitutional Convention and also the last speech of his life.) "MR. PRESIDENT: "I confess that there are several...I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which...

...conference in Paris; when he speaks of the "Constitution", you can think of the League of Nations. He says: "Mr. President: I confess that there are several parts...have experienced many instances of being obliged, after better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which...

...Franklin (This was his last speech to the Constitutional Convention and also the last speech of his life.) "Mr. President: "I confess that there are several...I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration to change opinions even on important subjects, which...

...document. The spirit of generosity and practical wisdom that ruled the convention breathed in his words: "I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution...have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which...

...Constitution had been read, the delegates to the convention listened to this speech by Benjamin Franklin: Mr. President: I confess that there are several parts...which I do not at present approve, but I" am not sure that I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being...

...there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure that 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 subjects, which...

...several parts of this 1 Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion, Chapter xn, "Selr-Interest Reconsidered." Constitution which I do not at present approve, but...I shall never approve them. For, having lived long [he was then in his eighty-second year], I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better...

..."3" is changed in the transcript to "thirdly." * The year "i787" is omitted in the transcript. 6§a Mr President I confess that there are several parts...I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which...