[Magdalen] Philosophy

Sally Davies sally.davies at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 05:30:59 UTC 2016


Yes, Sib - as I recall there is a further part to the Tutu quote which goes
something like "...and we got the better part of the deal"!

Sally D

On 30 August 2016 at 00:21, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 8/29/16 10:02 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>
>> some ideas:
>>
>> Subject: philosophers
>>
> .......
>
>> ~ Desmond Tutu...
>>
>> When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had
>> the land.
>> They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes.
>> When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
>>
>
> A Native Hawaiian...
>
> The missionaries came here to do good, and they did right well.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
> mailto:polycarpa3 at ckt.net
>


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