Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. – Charles Eastman
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature. – Charles Eastman

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. – Charles Eastman
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature. – Charles Eastman
The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness of their age, branded us as pagans and devil-worshipers, and demanded of us that we abjure our false gods before bowing the knee at their sacred altar. – Charles Eastman
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees. – Charles Eastman