I Am Past Scorching; Not Easily Can’st

I Am Sorry To Say We Whites Have A Sad Reputation Among Many Of The Polynesians. The Natives Of These Islands Are Naturally Of A Kindly And Hospitable Temper, But There Has Been Implanted Among Them An Almost Instinctive Hate Of The White Man. They Esteem Us, With Rare Exceptions, Such As Some Of The Missionaries, The Most Barbarous, Treacherous, Irreligious, And Devilish Creatures On The Earth.

Friendship At First Sight, Like Love At First Sight, Is Said To Be The Only Truth.

Poor People Make A Very Poor Business Of It When They Try To Seem Rich.

But The Might-have-been Is But Boggy Ground To Build Upon.

He Knows Himself, And All That's In Him, Who Knows Adversity.