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cannot help out notice the f 5 nor but construction, 
he heater villages, the cleaner people and . 
b o r o v e b e c. 1 thv a t mo s r h e re as you m o v a from 
the Marshalls to the Gilberts* the Gilbert^se 
are less lethargic* more anop'oua to show than 
to tell and more interested in remembering 
what you have to say than merely hearing and 
nodding: we did. not get a fair cross section 
of the Marshallese and m^st base most of our 
comparisons of culture on ^aluit alone: 
however, the contrast was so great that the 
comrarc son cannot be oorrmletely invalid: 
eve-^ythl nr we saw in the Gilberts gave the 
idea that the -oeonle were striving to get ahead! 
much in contrast to the Marshallese * s contentment 
with their present condition: nowhere in the 
Marshalls arid we see the school children so 
inoixisitive and anxious to learn as we did in 
the Gilberts* in one realm ? the Marshallese 
easilv matched the Gilbert ese - generosity: 
both peonies were willing to heap sifts upon 
us without expecting anything in return; of 
course, we also encountered people who wanted 
to sell and trade in both cultures, but these 
individuals had been taught this way of life- 
hv previous white trader 
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this is what they 
were expected to do and,, oft en 
then tiev felt 
guilty and gave the item away anyway: a reflection 
on all these peonies is filled with many 
emotions that cannot be nut on rarer 
can best be described as warm 
sincere 
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©suitable people, filled with a vitality for 
life and brotherhood that is rooted ir th zb 
v " • lo much deeper than the missonaries can 
account for - they left me with not only the 
desire to return, but also the feeling that ■ 
I would be proud to return with a friend. 
