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title: "4 Charles Eastman Quotes"
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# Charles Eastman

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Charles Alexander Eastman was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs" in the early 20th century.

##  Quotes by Charles Eastman

> [At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-eastman/at-the-age-of-about-eight-years-if-he-is-a-boy-she-turns-him-over-to/)

[Charles Eastman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-eastman/)

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> [Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-eastman/our-old-age-was-in-some-respects-the-happiest-period-of-life/)

[Charles Eastman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-eastman/)

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> [Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-eastman/every-act-of-his-life-is-in-a-very-real-sense-a-religious-act/)

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> [Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-eastman/among-us-all-men-were-created-sons-of-god-and-stood-erect-as/)

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