...and, as recorded in James Madison's detailed records, he rose to speak in this moment of crisis: Mr. President: The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other — our different sentiments on almost every question, several...

...this place.1 1C President The small progress we have made after 4 or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other— our different...question, several of the last producing as many noes as ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding. "We indeed seem...

...the Convention to be at a standstill. This occasioned Benjamin Franklin to say the following: "Mr. President, the small progress we have made, after...the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it. We have gone back to...

...differem Seutimems on almost every Question, seveval of the last producing as many Naes as .-tyes, is methinks a melancholy Proof of the Imperfection...Human Understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own wam of political Wisdom, since we have heen running all ahout in search of it. We have gone hack to...

...prayer. He had concluded that the confusion and divisions that he had witnessed in the Convention were "a melancholy Proof of the Imperfection of the Human Understanding. We indeed seem to feel OUT own want of political Wisdom, since we have been running all about in Search of it." Since the...

...crucial moment It was "Benjamin Franklin, the elder statesman" 3 who made the following address: 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...

...progress after 4 or 5 weeks of close attendance and continual reasoning with each other. There were different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many Noes as Ayes. Methinks it was melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seemed to...

...for prayers. Mr. President The small progress we have made after 4 or five weeks close attendance & continual reasonings with each other — our different...question, several of the last producing as many noes as ays, is methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the Human Understanding. We indeed seem...

...body. "Mr. President, " Franklin began, "the small progress we have made after four or five weeks of close attendance and continual reasonings with each...proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. " Franklin continued by pointing out that using human reasoning alone and looking to the great thinkers...

...progress after 4 or 5 weeks of close attendance and continual reasoning with each other. There were different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many Noes as Ayes. Methinks it was melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seemed to...