 We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them...  Select Pieces - Page 44by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Kenneth J. Saltman, David Gabbard - Education - 2003 - 370 pages
...grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.4 Notice how respectful this letter is of those whose values seemed misplaced by the writer(s).... | |
 | Michael Jennings - Education - 2004 - 200 pages
...We are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline in accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. — CORNPLANTI-R (Seneca leader, in response to an otter from Bon Franklin to provide free higher education... | |
 | Jon Allan Reyhner, Jeanne M. Oyawin Eder - History - 2006 - 386 pages
...We are however not the less obliged by your kind Offer, though we decline accepting it: And to show our grateful sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Franklin 1784, 21-22; original emphasis) Indian Commissioner TJ Morgan, in his 1890 annual report,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 446 pages
...your kind Offer, tho ' we decline aceepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gemlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we...Education, instruct them in all we know, and make MENofthem.— Having frequem Oecasions to hold puhlic Councils, they have acquired great Order and... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 145 pages
...were totally good for nothing." From the Indian point of view, Franklin explained, it made equal sense "if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their Sons." The Indians will "take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 320 pages
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...make men of them." Having frequent occasions to hold councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men sit in the foremost... | |
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