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
| Elvira Pulitano - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 337 pages
...therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of Education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it; Several of our young people...Sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were . . . neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, nor Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are... | |
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