Excerpt from Address of Dr. H. T. Bovey, President of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, January 24th, 1901 The way in which our vaunted knowledge, combined with what appears to him ridiculous ignorance oi our surroundings. Strikes the savage. Is amusingly illustrated in the opinions held by certain lndians oi the north-west Reasoning iron the helplessness oi the amateur hunter and ordinary traveller in distinguishing the natural signs and sounds In the woods. They designate the white man as the foolish men. Being ...
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Excerpt from Address of Dr. H. T. Bovey, President of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, January 24th, 1901 The way in which our vaunted knowledge, combined with what appears to him ridiculous ignorance oi our surroundings. Strikes the savage. Is amusingly illustrated in the opinions held by certain lndians oi the north-west Reasoning iron the helplessness oi the amateur hunter and ordinary traveller in distinguishing the natural signs and sounds In the woods. They designate the white man as the foolish men. Being asked by the missionaries why any do not go to Church. They answer. We have been there and have heard what you have to tell us. Thereiore we know it. And do not need to come and hear it a second time. The white man has to be told the same thing so otten that he must always have his book tied to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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