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.

Silence is the cornerstone of character.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.