 To him as to other single minded men in every age and race, from Diogenes to the brothers of Saint Francis, from the Montanists to the Shakers, the love of possessions has appeared a snare, and the burdens of a complex society a source of needless peril...  American Social and Religious Conditions - Page 136by Charles Stelzle - 1912 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 738 pages
...in the natives of the Far West that was justified in full. Charles Eastman, himself a Sioux, says: The native American has been generally despised by...wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To him, as to other single minded men in every age and race, from Diogenes to the brothers of Saint Francis, from the Montanists... | |
 | Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - 1920 - 152 pages
...(Ohiyesa), a full -blood Sioux, writing on this subject in The Soul of the Indian (1900), declares: that his religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To him as to other single minded men in every age and race, from Diogenes to the brothers of Saint Francis, from the Montanists... | |
 | Kent Nerburn - Social Science - 2010 - 240 pages
...been despised by our white conquerors for our poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that our religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To us, as to other spiritually-minded people in every age and race, the love of possessions is a snare,... | |
 | Kent Nerburn - Literary Criticism - 2010 - 96 pages
...been despised by our white conquerors for our poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that our religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To us, as to other spiritually minded people in every age and race, the love of possessions is a snare,... | |
 | Charles Alexander Eastman - Social Science - 2003 - 68 pages
...standing upon the brink of eternity, might reveal to a chosen few the oracle of his long-past youth, The native American has been generally despised by...his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. The) forget, perhaps, that his religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury.... | |
 | Jerry Katz - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2006 - 218 pages
...generally been despised by our conquerors for our poverty and simplicity. They forget, perhaps, that our religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To us, as to other spiritually-minded people in every age and race, the love of possessions is a snare,... | |
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