"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."

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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."

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"Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity."

Man

"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."

Nature

"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."

Woman

"There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy."

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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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"The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb."

Family

"The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old."

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"The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe."

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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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"At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training."

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