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Unwritten Literature of Hawaii

Note (return) — VI.—THE PASSWORD—THE SONG OF ADMISSION

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After carefully weighing the matter, the author can not avoid the conclusion that jealousy had much to do with the slight differences now manifest, that one version is as authoritative as another, and that it would be well for each kumu-hula to have kept in mind the wise adage that shines among the sayings of his nation: Aohe pau ka ike i kau halau 56—“Think not that all of wisdom resides in you halau.” 57

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