Note 1 — THE HURON; OR, PUPIL OF NATURE.[1]
Reading edition
In the play called Civilization, Hercules uses the following language:
"In my barbarian days, I spoke the truth: Wrong'd not my neighbor: paid back benefits, With benefit and gratitude to boot; Dealt justly: held a friend to be a gift, Precious as stars dropt down from heaven: bowed Before the works of God: beheld in them His presence, palpable, as at an altar: And worshipp'd heaven at the mountain's foot. But this Was Barbarism, I am wiser now; More civilized. I know the way to lie, To cheat, deceive, and be a zealous Christian!"—E.