HewasnotalwayscomplimentarytothosewhoundertooktoChristianizetheIndians；buthedidnotfailtowritehisadmirationoftheircourage——theirverywillingnesstoendureprivationandeventhefiendishsavagetorturesforthesakeoftheirfaith。\"Whatmannerofmenarethese？\"hewrote，aproposoftheaccountofBressani，whohadundergonethemostdevilishinflictionswhichsavageingenuitycoulddevise，andyetreturnedmaimedanddisfiguredthefollowingspringto\"dareagaintheknivesandfierybrandoftheIroquois。\"ClemenswaslikelytobeonthesideoftheIndians，buthardlyintheirbarbarism。Inoneplacehewrote：
ThatmenshouldbewillingtoleavetheirhappyhomesandendurewhatthemissionariesenduredinordertoteachtheseIndianstheroadtohellwouldberational，understandable，butwhytheyshouldwanttoteachthemawaytoheavenisathingwhichthemindsomehowcannotgrasp。
Otherhistories，mainlyEnglishandFrench，showedhowhehadreadthem——
readanddigestedeverywordandline。ThereweretwovolumesofLecky，muchworn；AndrewD。White’s’ScienceandTheology’——achiefinterestforatleastonesummer——andamongthecollectionawell—worncopyof’ModernEnglishLiterature——ItsBlemishesandDefects’，byHenryH。Breen。Onthetitle—pageofthisbookClemenshadwritten：
HARTFORD，1876。Usewithcare，foritisascarcebook。Englandhadtoberansackedinordertogetit——orthebooksellerspeakethfalsely。