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Of the Political state and Institutions of the American Indians.
Among savage1 nations there is generally a degree of individual independence which is highly unfavourable to the establishment and consolidation[18] of regular government. Men accustomed to victory and the use of arms, and inured3 to danger and fatigue4, are not likely to submit to those restraints of law and jurisprudence which exist in civilized5 communities. The will of the savage is, in most cases, the only law which he acknowledges or submits to. It is only when the tribe to which he belongs is menaced by some foreign foe6 that he submits to follow a leader to the field and to be controuled by his mandates7. Even then, his actions are not constrained8, but voluntary. His natural ardour, and warlike disposition9, hurry him on to battle more than any compulsory10 edict issued by the council of his nation. But in a season of peace he is his own master. Scarcely any rule except that of custom does he deign11 to follow; hence his actions spring spontaneously from the impulses of his own mind.
In considering the political institutions of any people, our first enquiry should relate to their mode of subsistence. “According as that varies,” to use the language of Robertson, “their laws and policy must be different. The institutions suited to the ideas and exigencies13 of tribes which
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prey
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dexterity
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distress
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foresight
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cultivation
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benevolent
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staple
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procuring
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solitary
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n.壁凹( recess的名词复数 );(工作或业务活动的)中止或暂停期间;学校的课间休息;某物内部的凹形空间v.把某物放在墙壁的凹处( recess的第三人称单数 );将(墙)做成凹形,在(墙)上做壁龛;休息,休会,休庭 | |
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inspection
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sustenance
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n.食物,粮食;生活资料;生计 | |
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motive
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exertion
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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warrior
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n.勇士,武士,斗士 | |
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v.盖印(imprint的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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eradicate
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v.根除,消灭,杜绝 | |
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disdain
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n.鄙视,轻视;v.轻视,鄙视,不屑 | |
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jurisdiction
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n.司法权,审判权,管辖权,控制权 | |
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repel
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v.击退,抵制,拒绝,排斥 | |
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reverence
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n.敬畏,尊敬,尊严;Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称;v.尊敬,敬畏,崇敬 | |
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intervals
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n.[军事]间隔( interval的名词复数 );间隔时间;[数学]区间;(戏剧、电影或音乐会的)幕间休息 | |
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magistrate
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n.地方行政官,地方法官,治安官 | |
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statute
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n.成文法,法令,法规;章程,规则,条例 | |
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inflicting
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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avenge
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pusillanimous
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adj.懦弱的,胆怯的 | |
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offender
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impunity
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n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除 | |
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resentment
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n.怨愤,忿恨 | |
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everlasting
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exertions
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vigour
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eastward
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chili
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peculiarities
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discriminate
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hereditary
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vile
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elevation
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supreme
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veneration
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obedience
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humility
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dominion
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superstition
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