 We have had some experience of it: several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means...  Select Pieces - Page 44by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Beongcheon Yu - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 304 pages
...young Indians attending colleges in the North had shown that when they returned to their own people "they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of...or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take Deer or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors,... | |
 | Gerald E. Gaull, Ray A. Goldberg - Technology & Engineering - 1993 - 270 pages
...it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind of Education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some Experience of it. Several of our young People...brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces [Yale and Harvard]; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they... | |
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people...hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors,... | |
 | Peter G. Stone, Robert MacKenzie - Archaeology - 1994 - 354 pages
...take it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind of Education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young People...Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods . . . neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors, they were totally good for nothing. We are,... | |
 | Isaiah Smithson, Nancy Ruff - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 244 pages
...take it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind of Education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some Experience of it. Several of our young People...Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the wood . . . neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors, they were totally good for nothing.... | |
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