 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 678 páginas
...the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that...the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I s-.icrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls... | |
 | Eben Edwards Beardsley - 1876 - 248 páginas
...Convention, he said : " I consent to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good." CHAPTER XI. ELECTED PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE; MEMBER OF THE STATE CONVENTION TO ACT ON THE FEDERAL... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1877 - 982 páginas
...for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent sir, to this constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it...had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I hiive never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were boni, and here they shall... | |
 | 1877 - 972 páginas
...the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. Tlie opinions 1 have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1882 - 850 páginas
...the constitution ; and these were a part of his words : " I consent to this constitution, because I expect no better ; and because I am not sure that...these walls they were born, and here they shall die." Could we but adopt and practise these sentiments, with regard to the questions which have since arisen,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1882 - 532 páginas
...me to find this system approaching so near to perfection. I consent to this constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it...had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. " On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention, who may still... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1883 - 612 páginas
...better, and because I am not sure that this above all, the calling of the Hartford Convention, com- is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors Йе1са their destruction as a national party. In 1816, I sacrifice to the public good. I have never... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 páginas
...me to find this system approaching so near to perfection. I consent to this constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it...had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. " On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention, who may still... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1885 - 616 páginas
...me to find this system approaching so near to perfection. I consent to this constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it...had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. " On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention, who may still... | |
 | Albert Stickney - 1885 - 188 páginas
...Thus I consent, sir, to the constitution "because " I expect no better,* and because I am not sure it " is not the best. The opinions I have had of its...have " never whispered a syllable of them abroad. "With" in these walls they were born, and here they shall "die." Gouverneur Morris said : " . . that... | |
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Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. 
