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born, are among the most remarkable of their time. The 
elder brother, Karaimoku, though not of the highest class 
of chiefs, was chosen early in life by the great Tamehameha 
as the companion of his dangers and his glory. He was no 
less eminent in war, than by the wisdom of his counsels and 
the uprightness of his administration. With a fidelity 
never surpassed, he has watched with a father’s care over 
the interests of his sovereign’s family and of the country; 
and the great progress that the Sandwich Islands have made 
in civilization may be in good measure attributed to his most 
judicious management. Eoki is much younger than Karai¬ 
moku, and though he has not the talents of his brother he 
is a sensible man, fond of his country, and anxious for its 
welfare and improvement;—the survivor of his king, with 
whom he had sailed more than half the circumference of the 
globe, in order to procure what they conceived the greatest 
good to their country, the protection and friendship of the 
king of England ; and intrusted with the assurance of that 
protection and friendship*, he is the first native who, having 
seen civilized nations, is come to introduce order, to improve 
* This voyage of friendship to the king of England, and prayer for pro¬ 
tection, especially against the Russians, reminds us of the embassy sent to the 
Homans by Judas Maccabeus, 1 Macc. ch. viii. 
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