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Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.Charles Eastman
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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
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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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The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.Charles Eastman
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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