 | Orison Swett Marden - 1894 - 480 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Nelson Appleton Miles - 1896 - 616 Seiten
...they were totally good foi nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it : and to show our grateful...of them.' "Having frequent occasions to hold public counsels, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men sit in the foremost... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 490 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 488 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1899 - 554 Seiten
...they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it ; and, to show our grateful...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.... | |
 | 1899 - 1012 Seiten
...they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful...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... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis, Lewis, Edwin Hebert - 1899 - 440 Seiten
...therefore totally good for nothing. We are however not the less 60 obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful...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 - 1900 - 190 Seiten
...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 - 1901 - 296 Seiten
...therefore totally good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it ; and to show our grateful...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 - 1905 - 362 Seiten
...they were totally good for nothing. We are not, however, 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 send us a dozen of their sons we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know,... | |
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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... 
