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Truthfulness of Achilles. Plato. Aristotle. Theognis. Pindar. Tragedy of Philoctetes. Roman Standard. Cicero. Marcus Aurelius. German Ideal. Veracity a Primitive Conception. Lie Abhorrent among Hill Tribes of India. Khonds. Sonthals. Todas. Bheels. Sowrahs. Tipperahs. Arabs. American Indians. Patagonians. Hottentots. East Africans. Mandingoes. Dyaks of Borneo, "Lying Heaps." Veddahs of Ceylon.
Of the Sowrahs it is said: "A pleasing feature in their character is their complete truthfulness. They do not know how to tell a lie." Indeed, as Mr. Spencer sums up the case on this point, there are Hill Tribes in India "originally distinguished by their veracity, but who are rendered less veracious by contact with the whites.
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