They certainly live amongst each other in more harmony than is usual amongst Europeans.

During the whole time I was amongst them I never saw such a thing as a battle....

I never remember to have seen an Otaheitean out of temper.

They jest upon each other with greater freedom than the Europeans, but these jests are never taken in ill part....

With regard to food, it is, I believe, an invariable law in Otaheite that whatever is possessed by one is common to all." Thus we see that even among a people who are commonly referred to as the supreme example of a nation given up to uncontrolled licentiousness, the claims of chastity were admitted, and many other virtues vigorously flourished.