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" But you who are wise must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours. "
The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr ... - Page 381
by Benjamin Franklin - 1806
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American Indian Tribal Governments

Sharon O'Brien - Social Science - 1993 - 372 pages
...that you mean to do us Good by your Proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you who are so wise must know that different Nations have different Conceptions of things; and you will not therefore take it amiss, if our Ideas of this kind of Education happens not to be the same with...
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Native American Wisdom

Kent Nerburn, Louise Mengelkoch - Literary Collections - 1991 - 136 pages
...therefore take it amiss if our ideas of the white man's kind of education happens not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were brought up in your colleges. They were instructed in all your sciences; but, when they came back to...
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The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization, and Resistance

M. Annette Jaimes - Political Science - 1992 - 482 pages
...Thomas Jefferson to provide free higher education for selected Iroquois youth: (Y]ou, who are wise, must know that different Nations have different Conceptions...take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of Education happens not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it; Several of our young people...
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A New Look at Schools

Daniel Greenberg - Education - 1992 - 152 pages
...who told how Indian leaders reacted to an offer to educate Indian youth: But you who are wise, must know that different Nations have different Conceptions...things; and you will therefore not take it amiss. 25 Part of the challenge of dealing with pre-industrial cultures in a culturally pluralistic milieu...
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The Emerging Global Food System: Public and Private Sector Issues

Gerald E. Gaull, Ray A. Goldberg - Technology & Engineering - 1993 - 270 pages
...that you mean to do us Good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different Nations have different Conceptions...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...
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English Studies/culture Studies: Institutionalizing Dissent

Isaiah Smithson, Nancy Ruff - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 244 pages
...that you mean to do us Good by your Proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise must know that different Nations have different Conceptions...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 were formerly brought up at...
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The Excluded Past: Archaeology in Education

Peter G. Stone, Robert MacKenzie - Archaeology - 1994 - 354 pages
...But you who arc wise must know that different Nations have different Conceptions of things and that you will therefore not 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 were formerly brought up at...
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American Indian Sports Heritage

Joseph B. Oxendine - Sports & Recreation - 1995 - 370 pages
...that you mean to do us good by your proposal, and we thank you heartily. But you, who are wise, must know that different nations have different conceptions of things; and you will not therefore take it amiss if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours....
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Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects

Russell Thornton - Indians - 1998 - 468 pages
...declined a 1744 invitation from the Virginia government to send six young men to William and Mary: "Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the Colleges . . . ; but, when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in...
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The British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America

Rayna Green, Melanie Fernandez - History - 1999 - 228 pages
...convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal and we thank you heartily. But you who are wise must know that different Nations have different conceptions...of our young people were formerly brought up at the College of the Northern Provinces. They were instructed in all your sciences. But when they came back...
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