Indians in his view are free and noble in their extreme way, but they remain savages unable to accept the benefits of reason and civilization that would moderate and improve their intractable souls.

托克维尔 认为印第安人在他们极端的生活方式中过着自由而又高贵的生活，但他们仍然野蛮的拒绝理性和文明所能给他们带来的好处，诸如令他们放下高傲的姿态，从而变得更容易接近。

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Native Americans, labeled "merciless Indian savages" by the Declaration of Independence, were said to be beyond civilization and able to comprehend only the brute language of force.

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