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"There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove."
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"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."
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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Genius: the superhuman in man."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."
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"I will praise any man that will praise me."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name."
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"I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms."
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"Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked."
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"Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you."
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"Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag."
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"At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards."
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"A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable."
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"Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation."
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"I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux."
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"The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route."
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