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They should show their atiectiou to him — 



1. By tlissuadinjir him from vice. 



2. By exhorting him to virtue. 



3. By feeling kiudly towards him. 



4. By instructinj; him in religion. 



5. By rleanng up his doubts. 



6. By pointing the way to heaven. 



I liave spoken of pliratries as a system of grovips, sometimes 

 found in savagery <ind always in barbari.sni. We are now able 

 to explain the meaning of the ])hratry. There may be many 

 clans or gentes in a tribe, and two or more clans or gentes may 

 con.stitute an intervening nnit which we call the ])hratrv. With 

 the Muskhogean there are four pliratries, one for the east, one 

 for the west, one for the north, and one for the south. With 

 the Zuni there are six pliratries, one for the east, one for the 

 west, one for the north, one for the south, one for the zenith, 

 and one for the nadir Thus the phratries are organized by 

 mythologic regions; and this method of regimentation finds 

 expression in the structure of the council chamber, in the plaza, 

 and in the plan of the village. Here iu the phratrv we have 

 the beginning of district regimentation, which ultimately pre- 

 vails in civilization. 



The fabric of jirimitive society is a web of streams of kin- 

 dred blood and a woof of marriage ties. This tapestry is 

 wrought in wonderful patterns, for on it can be traced the 

 outlines of primitive mythology. Some scholars liave seen in 

 the fabric only the mythic patterns enwrought and failed to 

 discover the real institutional foundation. 



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