...government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war and conquest : I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberation, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or...

...government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war and conquest. I, therefore, beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance...this city be requested to officiate in that service." Only three or four members voted for Franklin's motion. Franklin was human, of which he always had...

...offering a resolution that, " henceforth, prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business." In the same year the corner-stone of a college to be located at Lancaster, was laid, which in honor...

...government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. I therefore beg leave to move, That henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance...city be requested to' officiate in that service.* SPEECH ON THE SALARIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.f It is with reluctance that I rise to express a disapprobation...

...government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. I therefore beg leave to move, That henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance...this city be requested to officiate in that service.* SPEECH ON THE SALARIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.f It is with reluctance that I rise to express a disapprobation...

...government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance...this city be requested to officiate in that service." His confidence in the Christian religion, and his regard for purity of conduct, did not diminish as...

...therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every...this city be requested to officiate in that service." He showed his remarkable genins for statesmanship in the way he brought to a satisfactory end the bitter...

...prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in the Assembly every morning before we proceed to business...city be requested to officiate in that service." The speech which accompanied this motion will forever be conspicuous in our annals. He said : " Mr. President...

...to sustain it, — that "henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held, in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business." " I have lived, sir (said he most nobly), a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs...

...men" and then moved that " henceforth, prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business." The resolution was not adopted. On a memorandum of it, Franklin wrote, " The Convention, except three...