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Charles Eastman
Charles Eastman
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Born: Feb 19, 1858
Died: Jan 8, 1939
Family Indian Man Nature Religion Woman
Related authors: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn C. S. Lewis Frederick Douglass George Orwell Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Mark Twain Zig Ziglar
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature. Charles Eastman
Nature Those Temples Were Us Among Save
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
Family Natural Nothing Several Tribe Clan More Head Voluntary Chief Than Patriarchal Union Connection Larger
Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act. Charles Eastman
Life Sense Every Religious Real His Very Real Sense Act
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Charles Eastman
Friendship Family Character Own Think Clan Easy Veins Test Blood Held Your Loyal Whose
Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers. Charles Eastman
Nature Spirit Touch Unseen Powers Felt Impressions Sensitive Commonly Keeps
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
Age Training Father About More He Over She Him Boy His Years Eight Turns
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
Man Woman Marriage Other Relation Religious Mysterious Between Hand Itself Regarded While Us Holy Ceremony Connected Among
The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government. Charles Eastman
Government Family Only Also Social Unit
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
Alone Creative Degree Power Duty Approaches Solemn Claim Deity Some Parent Only Priestly Since Protecting Supreme Permitted His Office Which Who Function Believed
Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life. Charles Eastman
Life Age Old Old Age Our Respects Some Period Happiest
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people. Charles Eastman
Home People Indian No-One Polite His Deny Acquainted Who
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
Religion Spiritual Men White Those Seeking More Only Spiritual Things Spoke Material Conduct Than While Much Who Professed Even Found Things Inconsistency
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning. Charles Eastman
Birth Characteristic Indian Religious Spirit Given Names Were Either Meaning Deed Nicknames Playful Symbolic
He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's. Charles Eastman
God Day Setting Seven One Day Sees He Since Days Him Apart Holy Need
But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man! Charles Eastman
Man Trials Be True Mark True Friend Any
Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity. Charles Eastman
God Men Divinity Sons Were Erect Stood Us Created Among Conscious

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