 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1906 - 746 pages
...change my opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Kansas State Historical Society - Kansas - 1906 - 684 pages
...Franklin was eighty-one years old, in the convention that formed the constitution of the United States. "The older I grow the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Leonard Brown - Conduct of life - 1908 - 630 pages
...change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. It is, therefore, that the older I grow the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. In these sentiments, sir. I agree to this Constitution with all... | |
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - United States - 1909 - 648 pages
...several parts of this constitution which I do not approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. The older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." That the constitution might go before the people supported by apparent... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - United States - 1909 - 632 pages
...several parts of this constitution which I do not approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. The older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." That the constitution might go before the people supported by apparent... | |
 | United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1911 - 680 pages
...change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion, think themselves... | |
 | Horace Leslie Brittain - Readers - 1911 - 284 pages
...change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Charles Morris - United States - 1913 - 434 pages
...change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. . . . " In these sentiments, sir, I agree to that Constitution,... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - United States - 1914 - 440 pages
...change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - United States - 1915 - 800 pages
...change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion think themselves... | |
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For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older... 
