He does haf the lofty nature, the noble character und simplicity of a young Roman of the republic, before it was corrupted by conquest.

I tell you, Benjamin Hardy, that we do not value the red men at their true worth, especially those of the Hodenosaunee!" "Right well do I know that, too, Jacobus.

I had a fair reading in the classics, when I was a schoolboy, and I should call the lad, Tayoga, more Greek in spirit than Roman.

I have found in him the spiritual quality, the love of beauty and the kindliness of soul which the books say the Greeks had and which the Romans lacked." "It iss fairly put, Benjamin, und I bethink me you are right.

But there iss one thing which you do not know, but which you ought to know, because it iss of much importance." "What is it ?" asked Hardy, impressed by the manner of Jacobus.
"It iss the fact that Adrian Van Zoon arrived in Albany this morning." The merchant started slightly in surprise, and then his face became a mask.
"Adrian Van Zoon is a merchant like myself," he said.