"No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people."

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"No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people."

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"Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act."

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"He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's."

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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 things, while seeking only the material."

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"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood."

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