The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals.
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It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the body that produced them.
Archaeology holds all the keys to understanding who we are and where we come from.
We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past.
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.
Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.
Everyone has ways of trying to find a way to memorise our past. There's something very poetic about that.
Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.
Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
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