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"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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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 secondary and intermediate in character."
"At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training."
"Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers."
"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."
"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."
"He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's."
"That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity."
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