6/9 Do something good to every Indian that hates you, and you will never be carried away captive." "But Whitman, remember Whitman: he showed the right spirit, and the Injuns killed _him_!" "His death was caused by a misapprehension, and it made him a martyr. Men live in their work." "Well, Father Lee, if Benjamin can overcome his evil feelin's for his master, I ought to do so for mine, as Gretchen says. My bad spirit in this matter has long troubled me; it has caused a cloud to come over me when singin' hymns. I will give it all up now--I will give up everything, and just follow the better spirit. |