 | Orison Swett Marden - Success - 1896 - 488 pages
...badly. They were not fit for hunters, warriors, or councilors ; they were totally good for nothing. "If the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." In the great race of life common sense has the right of way. Wealth, a diploma, a pedigree, talent,... | |
 | 1899 - 1012 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. son William and his nephew James were properly taught, but he sent neither to a university. When William... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Literary Criticism - 1899 - 554 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...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.' " In a more concrete form, too. Franklin testified to the slight value he placed upon college training.... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis, Lewis, Edwin Hebert - American literature - 1899 - 442 pages
...are however not the less 60 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." 65 Having frequent occasions to hold councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs, American - 1900 - 190 pages
...less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it ; and to show our grateful sense 66 of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1901 - 296 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... | |
 | Henry James Morgan, Lawrence Johnstone Burpee - Canada - 1905 - 362 pages
...though we decline accepting it, and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia send us a dozen of their sons we will take great care...instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.' That was a delightful touch, in the concluding sentence, and one would give a good deal to have seen... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 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... | |
 | 1914 - 588 pages
...We are, however, not the less obliged for your kind offer, tho we decline to accept 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's Autobiography.) — St. Louis Christian Advocate. Knowledge at a Low Level Knowledge sometimes... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1915 - 184 pages
...counselors. The kind intention of the government is, however, appreciated by the Indians. In return, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we offer to give them a thorough Indian education, and to make men of them. V. Forms for headings of letters.... | |
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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... 
