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The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards…

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Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and…
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If…
Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But…
The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of…
If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related…
But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual…
That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office…
The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.
The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always…
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

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