mankind have a little corrupted nature for they were not born wolves and they have become wolves God has given them neither cannon of fourandtwenty pounders nor bayonets and yet they have made cannon and bayonets to destroy one another.
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He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. We do not pray to him at all said the reverend sage. We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want and we give him thanks continually.
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