"Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned……" — Francis Parkman
"Spanish civilization crushed the Indian. English civilization scorned and neglected him. French civilization embraced and cherished him."
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Francis Parkman
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22 Quotes by Francis Parkman
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It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected…
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America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.
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Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.
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Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a…
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Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.
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Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet…
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We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an…
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Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces,…
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Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton;…
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We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail.
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We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large…
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Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.
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More Cherished Quotes
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A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness…
— Margaret Atwood
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Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed.…
— Roseanne Barr
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Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may…
— Ambrose Bierce
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When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I…
— Orlando Bloom
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'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best…
— Winston Churchill
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Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.
— Thomas Aquinas
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A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.
— George Eliot
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It feels amazing - really, really great! It was so nice to be out there and be cherished by all…
— Unknown Author
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done…
— Bertrand Russell
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Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him…
— David Jeremiah
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