estimated in dollars! Thus the Indian is reconstructed, as the
natural rocks are ground to powder, and made into artificial blocks
which may be built into the walls of modern society.

The first American mingled with his pride a singular humility.
Spiritual arrogance was foreign to his nature and teaching. He
never claimed that the power of articulate speech was proof
of superiority over the dumb creation; on the other hand, it is to
him a perilous gift. He believes profoundly in silence--the sign
of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance
of body, mind, and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever
calm and unshaken by the storms of existence--not a leaf, as it
were, astir on the tree; not a ripple upon the surface of shining
pool--his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal
attitude and conduct of life.

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer: "It is the
Great Mystery!" "The holy silence is His voice!" If you
ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are
self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and
reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

"Guard your tongue in youth," said the old chief, Wabashaw,
"and in age you may mature a thought that will be of service to
your people!"

The moment that man conceived of a perfect body, supple,
symmetrical, graceful, and enduring--in that moment he had laid the
foundation of a moral life! No man can hope to maintain such a
temple of the spirit beyond the period of adolescence, unless he is