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The gentle treatment they have ever met from me and the careless and imprudent manner many of our people have rambled about in their country from a Vain opinion that fire Arms rendered them invincible hath encouraged some of these people to commit Acts of Violence no man at Otaheite ever dar’d attempt.
— Nov 20, 2025 05:14AM
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Greg
is on page 290 of 320
He wrote accounts of his own voyages in admirable English, but his object was to get the story told, and, as we read, we think rather of the story than of the man…We think the story lacks interest, when the fact is that it lacks egotism.
— Nov 24, 2025 08:52AM
Greg
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…the British sea explorers of the Eighteenth Century attempted to aid rather than exploit the aboriginal peoples. Hence, when Cook sailed in July 1776...not even the American war was allowed to interfere with so important an expedition.
— Nov 22, 2025 01:04PM
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…when I took leave I told him we should each other no more at which he wept saying then let your Sons come we will treat them well…
— Nov 20, 2025 05:13AM
Greg
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Now I have mentioned priests, these are men who exercise the function of which number Tupia is one, they seem to be in nor great repute niether can they live wholy by their profession and this leads me to think that these people are no bigots to their regelion.
— Nov 14, 2025 03:17AM
