It is not the hangman, but the criminal, that brings dishonour on the house.
You belong, sir, to a sect--I believe my sect, and that in which my ancestors laboured--which has enjoyed, and partly failed to utilise, an exceptional advantage in the islands of Hawaii.

The first missionaries came; they found the land already self-purged of its old and bloody faith; they were embraced, almost on their arrival, with enthusiasm; what troubles they supported came far more from whites than from Hawaiians; and to these last they stood (in a rough figure) in the shoes of God.
This is not the place to enter into the degree or causes of their failure, such as it is.

One element alone is pertinent, and must here be plainly dealt with.

In the course of their evangelical calling, they--or too many of them--grew rich.

It may be news to you that the houses of missionaries are a cause of mocking on the streets of Honolulu.