Quote by Charles Eastman
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we

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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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

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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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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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I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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