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