...words as reported by Madison. Debates in the Federal Convention, June 28. 1787. Dr. Franklin said : Mr. President, the small progress we have made after four...continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiment on almost every question — several of the last producing as many noes as ayes — is, methinks,...

...decided the fate of America. LESSON X. MOTION FOR PRATERS IK THE CONVENTION.* B. FRANELIN. t 1. Mr. President: — The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance and continued reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of...

...in great difficulty as to the satisfactory settlement of pending questions. He rose and said : "Mr. President, the small progress we have made after four...attendance and continual reasonings with each other, onr different sentiments on almost every question — several of the last producing as many noes as...

...ascertaining (he importance of each colony " • Dr. Franklin's Motion for Prayers in the Convention* MR. PRESIDENT,— The small progress we have made after...four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasoning? with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, jw-veral of the last...

...Convention for forming the Constitution of the United States begin with prayer. " Mr. President," he said, " the small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance, and continual reasoning with each other, our different sentiments on almost ever}7 question, several of the last...

...attended in the convention every morning, and in support of his motion, thus addressed the president: "Mr. President: the small progress we have made after four or five weeks of close attendance and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every...

..." not," was put off till to-morrow, at the request of the deputies from New York. Dr. FRANKLIN. Mr. President, the small progress we have made after four...five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings witli each other — our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing...

...speech in support of this motion belongs to his biography, familiar as it is to many readers : " Mr. President : The small progress we have made, after...N^oes as Ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the impc'rfection of the human understanding. We, indeed, seem to foci our own want of political wisdom,...

...progress we have made aflei four or five weeks close attendance and continued reasonings with one another, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes jus ayes, are, methinks, melancholy prooi's of the imj>erfeetion of the human understanding. We indeed...

...the 28th of June, 1787, rose, and delivered the following address : — Mr. President : — The slow progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasoning with each other, — our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the hist...