Excerpt from The Aztecs (Indian Races)
Preliminary Word. - "My beloved daughter, very dear little dove, you have already heard and attended to the words which your father has told you. They are precious words, and such are rarely spoken or listened to... My dear daughter, whom I tenderly love, see that you live in the world in peace, tranquility and contentment, all the days that you shall live. See that you disgrace not yourself, that you stain not your honor, nor pollute the lustre of fame of your ancestors." Such are the beginning and the ending of the written advice of an Aztec mother to her first-born daughter, written probably five hundred years ago - almost a century before Columbus discovered America - when the various Indian tribes inhabiting the lands now occupied by most of those who may read this volume were semi-naked savages, "howling through the wilderness."
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