Suspect Tecumseh quote

[Jonathan Lighter]

Forget to mention, Fred, that there are 379,000 raw Googlits.

JL

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> For Garson:
>
> In 1936 the naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton (and Julia Moss Seton)
> published a multipage passage beginning with these words:
>
> "So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
> Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and
> demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify
> all things in your life. ..."  (_The Gospel of the Red Man_, pp. 60ff.)
>
> Seton called it "The Teachings of Wabasha," but he wrote that it was "Also
> ascribed to Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Wovoka."
>
> The action thriller _Act of Valor_ (2012) closes with a slightly edited
> version. The first line at least has been quoted frequently, usually
> credited to Tecumseh.
>
> But where did Seton get it? Hathi & GB show nothing before 1936.
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
>



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