All Charles Eastman Quotes
The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
Charles Eastman
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Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.
Charles Eastman
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The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
Charles Eastman
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Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
Charles Eastman
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But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!
Charles Eastman
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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.
Charles Eastman
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The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
Charles Eastman
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Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
Charles Eastman
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The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.
Charles Eastman
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The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
Charles Eastman
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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.
Charles Eastman
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In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
Charles Eastman
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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.
Charles Eastman
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There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
Charles Eastman
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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.
Charles Eastman
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