Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting, Volumes 21-251904 - Indians of North America |
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... become of age ; twenty - one years ago the first Conference was held . There is always great responsibility in becoming of age ; more is expected of us than during our minority , and we ourselves should feel the weight of the duties and ...
... become of age ; twenty - one years ago the first Conference was held . There is always great responsibility in becoming of age ; more is expected of us than during our minority , and we ourselves should feel the weight of the duties and ...
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... become a citizen and stand before the law and before his fellow men as the equal of his fellow citizens . I cannot say that none saw this long ago , for I see Colonel Pratt in the audience . Now we see that that is the solution . We see ...
... become a citizen and stand before the law and before his fellow men as the equal of his fellow citizens . I cannot say that none saw this long ago , for I see Colonel Pratt in the audience . Now we see that that is the solution . We see ...
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... become an inde- pendent nation ; whether they remain in the United States or become an independent nation it is our duty to see that they are educated for the one course or the other . We have assumed this responsibility , and now we ...
... become an inde- pendent nation ; whether they remain in the United States or become an independent nation it is our duty to see that they are educated for the one course or the other . We have assumed this responsibility , and now we ...
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... become a useful citizen . We meet here as Christians interested in this work . We cannot touch the problem wisely unless we see that only divine grace in the heart can make over the Indian - grace which comes from the story of the ...
... become a useful citizen . We meet here as Christians interested in this work . We cannot touch the problem wisely unless we see that only divine grace in the heart can make over the Indian - grace which comes from the story of the ...
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... become a good deal perverted , and there is great politics in it notwithstanding all said here to the contrary . The need for the Indian , as I have contended all the time , is that individual ability which will enable him to com- pete ...
... become a good deal perverted , and there is great politics in it notwithstanding all said here to the contrary . The need for the Indian , as I have contended all the time , is that individual ability which will enable him to com- pete ...
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Page 144 - The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government. This is the path of duty which we must follow or be recreant to a mighty trust committed to us.
Page 83 - God give us men, a time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands, Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who nave honor, men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue, And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 137 - No alien land in all the world has any deep, strong charm for me but that one: no other land could so longingly and beseechingly haunt me sleeping and waking, through half a lifetime, as that one has done.
Page 88 - Going, therefore, teach ye all nations : baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days even to the consummation of the world.
Page 108 - Others shall sing the song, Others shall right the wrong, — Finish what I begin, And all I fail of win. What matter, I or they? Mine or another's day, So the right word be said And life the sweeter made...
Page 94 - Not any superior excellence in them, which, when it exists, exists as the effect, not as the cause ; but their remarkable diversity of character and culture. Individuals, classes, nations, have been extremely unlike one another : they have struck out a great variety of paths, each leading to something valuable...
Page 183 - Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory...
Page 200 - ... (b) Those who own real property to the value of five hundred pesos, or who annually pay thirty pesos or more of the established taxes...
Page 104 - ... with his proportionate share of other tribal property, descend to his heirs according to the laws of descent and distribution as provided In chapter forty-nine of Mansfield's Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas: Provided, that the allotment thus to be made shall be selected by a duly appointed administrator or executor. If, however, such administrator or executor be not duly and...
Page 199 - That two years after the completion and publication of the census, in case such condition of general and complete peace with recognition of the authority of the United States shall have continued in the territory of said Islands not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes and such facts shall have been certified to the President by the...