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Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Any Be True Between Desire Founded Free Friend Instinct Love Man Mark Trials True Woman

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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.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Among Between Ceremony Connected Hand Holy Itself Man Marriage Mysterious Other Regarded Relation Religious Us While Woman

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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

Topics: About Another Ever Him Indian Last Man Race Religion Thing Understand Will

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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.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: American Credible Deny Either Hero Indian Logical Man Miracles Must Myths None Old Our Perhaps Quite Stories Themselves Those

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

~Charles Eastman

Topics: His Indian Man Mother Religious Womb

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The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Hospitality Institution Limited Only War

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The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Also Family Government Only Social Unit

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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.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Always Awe Character Elements Fire Forces Frost Lightning Majestic Nature Powers Regarded Secondary Spiritual Water Were Wind

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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

Topics: American Army Church Had He Indian Individualist National Neither Nor Organized Religion War

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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.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Alone Approaches Believed Claim Creative Degree Deity Duty Function His Office Only Parent Permitted Power Protecting Since Solemn Some Supreme Which Who

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Author

Born: February 19th, 1858

Died: January 8th, 1939

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