 Indian appears to us to possess ideas of virtue and morality, which are full as valuable as those that are supposed by some philosophers to be the exclusive appanage of civilization. True, they are, perhaps but too frequently checked in their growth by...  Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen - Page 5141831Full view - About this book
 | Stephen Harriman Long - America - 1824 - 466 pages
...impede their growth. The Indian appears to us to possess ideas of virtue and morality, which are full as valuable as those that are supposed by some philosophers...him; propensities which, as we believe, have been unfortunately increased, by an indiscriminate intercourse with the most worthless of white men who,... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - Canoes and canoeing - 1887 - 458 pages
...commendable as those that are supposed by many philosophers to be characteristic of civilization only. True, they are perhaps but too frequently checked...propensities exercise over him ; propensities which doubtless have been increased by an indiscriminate intercourse with the most worthless of white men,... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - Mississippi River - 1889 - 524 pages
...commendable as those that are supposed by many philosophers to be characteristic of civilization 'inly. True, they are perhaps but too frequently checked...propensities exercise over him ; propensities which doubtless have been increased by an indiscriminate intercourse with the most worthless -if white men,... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - Mississippi River - 1892 - 540 pages
...commendable as those that are supposed by many philosophers to be characteristic of civilization 'inly. True, they are perhaps but too frequently checked in their growth by the uncontrolled sway ^hieh his evil propensities exercise over him ; propensities which doubtless have been increased by... | |
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