 | 1818 - 594 էջ
...assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to findpolitical truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 էջ
...find none of their constitutions suitable to our circumstances. scarce able to distinguish it w hen presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ?—In... | |
 | 1821 - 356 էջ
...this assembly, groping as it were in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us ; how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights, to illuminate our understandings... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 էջ
...assembly, groping as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ?—... | |
 | 1829 - 742 էջ
...of this assembly, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ?... | |
 | Anna C. Reed - 1832 - 282 էջ
...assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarcely able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Light to illuminate our understandings? —... | |
 | Jasper Adams - 1833 - 90 էջ
...this assembly, gropingas it were in the dark, to find political truth, and scaice able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1833 - 600 էջ
...assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it, 'when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings ?... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - 1834 - 340 էջ
...Assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1837 - 552 էջ
...assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?... | |
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In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights... 
