Captain James Cook — "They may appear human, but they are scarcely above brutes in their way of living…"

"The natives are a cowardly and treacherous people, wherefore we must always be on our guard."

"The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teac…"

"we attempt to land in a peaceable manner, if this succeeds its well, if not we land nevertheless and maintain the footing we thus got by the Superiority of our fire arms, in what other light can they …"

"They are the natural, and in the strictest sense of the word, the legal possessors of the several Regions they inhabit. . .. They may naturally and justly attempt to repell intruders, whom they may ap…"

"Sauerkraut is of such excellent use at sea that it ought never to be omitted."