Quote by Charles Eastman
That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was

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 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

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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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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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