 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1906 - 1056 pages
...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...think themselves in possession of all truth, and that wherever others differ from them, it is so far error. Stecle, a Protestant, in a dedication, tells... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1906 - 764 pages
...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... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1906 - 286 pages
...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... | |
 | Leonard Brown - Conduct of life - 1908 - 630 pages
...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...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. In these sentiments, sir. I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such, because... | |
 | 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...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." That the constitution might go before the people supported by apparent unanimity, he proposed as the... | |
 | 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...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." That the constitution might go before the people supported by apparent unanimity, he proposed as the... | |
 | Horace Leslie Brittain - Readers - 1911 - 284 pages
...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
...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...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. . . . " In these sentiments, sir, I agree to that Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such,... | |
 | Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin - United States - 1914 - 440 pages
...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...think themselves in possession of all truth, and that wherever others differ from them, it is so far error. Steele, a Protestant, in a dedication, tells... | |
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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... 
