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As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.

David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards, Alexander Anderson (1854). “The Life of David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary, and Other Private Writings”, p.252

Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries.

Bertrand Russell (2016). “The Impact of Science on Society”, p.20, Routledge

He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.

Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.89, Vintage Canada

By heaven, I do love: and it hath taught me to rhyme, and to be mekancholy.

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.154

There is none of my uncle's marks upon you; he taught me how to know a man in love; in which cage of rushes I am sure you are not prisoner.

William Shakespeare, Cynthia Marshall (2004). “As You Like It”, p.186, Cambridge University Press