The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, … - Susanna Moodie

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The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.

Susanna Moodie

The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form the surplus of overpopulous European countries, are far behind the wild man in delicacy of feeling or natural courtesy.

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