 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...to find this system approachitg ,6O near to perfection as it does; and 1 thmk it wit «5touish,our enemies, who are waiting with confidence, to hear that our councils are confounded, hk, those of the huilders of Bahylon, and that our Stale: arc on the point of separation, only to meet... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1834 - 312 pages
...wuitiug with confidouce, to hear that our councils are coafounded, like those of the huilders of Bahylon, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter fur the purpose of cutting ench other's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this constitution, hecause... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1837 - 552 pages
...expected ? 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 counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Autobiographical memory - 1837 - 356 pages
...therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and 1 think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 246 pages
...expected ? 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...councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, ymi that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1839 - 268 pages
...expected ? 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...that our councils are confounded, like those of the huilders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of sepamtion, only to meet hereafter for tlie... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...expeeted 1 It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaehing so near to perfeetion as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with eonfidenee to hear that our eouneils are eonfounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 pages
...expected ? 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...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... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1845 - 672 pages
...waiting with confidence to hear that our 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 cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...expected ? 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...that our councils are confounded, like those of the huilders of Bahylon, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for... | |
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... their prejudices, their passions, their errors of 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 this system approaching so near to perfection... 
