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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... "
The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written ... - Page 245
by Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 295 pages
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 678 pages
...to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our slates 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...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 27

Henry Barnard - Education - 1877 - 982 pages
...expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it * Under the lead of the Rev. John Eliot, sundry Inhabitants of Roxbnry, in 1646, only fifteen ye counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of...
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American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 27

Education - 1877 - 972 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...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: Now First ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - Printers - 1884 - 556 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...
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The Old South Leaflets: Annual ser

United States - 1886 - 190 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 of...
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Patriotic Eloquence: Being Selections from One Hundred Years of National ...

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...presidency. THE FEDEEAL CONSTITUTION. 137 our counsels 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...
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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
...expected ? " It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to see this system approaching so near perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded like those of the builders af Babylon, and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose...
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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
...expected? " It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to see this system approaching so near perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded like those of the builders af Babylon, and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose...
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Seven Conventions

Augustus Wood Clason - Constitutional conventions - 1888 - 190 pages
...and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting to hear that our councils are confounded, and that our States are on the point of separation,...only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. I consent to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am...
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The Continental First[-fifth] Reader, Volume 5

William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 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...
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