Walking a mile in moccasins

[Jonathan Lighter]

Somewhere on the Web, within the past year or two,  I found words to the following effect :

"Never criticize a person till you've walked a mile in his shoes.  That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and he'll have to come after you barefoot."

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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>
> The earliest version I have found for this is 1953, so I
> would be very interested in the details of the 1930 version.
>

This is from the post I made to the Genii Forum (the link in the earlier
email).

"Fremont Gets Next Meeting" p. 11 col 6.
Nebraska | Lincoln | The Lincoln Star | 1930-10-10

"In its attitude toward Indian affairs, the American nation, he [E. A.
Bates, late of the Indian Dept in Washington, and then at Cornell Univ]
said, would do well to think of the Indian maxim, "never criticize the
other boy or girl unless you have walked a mile in his moccasins." "


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