HAPPY ESKIMOS
In declaring the Eskimos to be the as, & v - ,£•■«&£ Guardian") was most favourably impressed by the character and life of W' members of that race with whom he a™ e w-th Olt Ct- He f°™>d them\av! age, without government, yet not lawless; utterly uneducated, yet display ;ng a remarkable degree of intelligence In temperament," he said, "they are rm c^. dren ' wi«» a child's delight ia i tie. things, yet they are endu&g £ the most mature of civilised men and; women and the best of them are fafthful unto death. Without religion and having no idea of God, ■ they '• "5^ share their last meal with anyone who-pure-blooded; they have- no vices nointoxicants and no bad habit-not even gambling." "Altogether," he declared^ ea^-th 6" Um<lUe Up°n the fac6 of th»:
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 61, 15 March 1924, Page 17
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131HAPPY ESKIMOS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 61, 15 March 1924, Page 17
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