Their untamed and turbulent passions, and the lawless freedom of their lives, made them a population very productive of wild, headstrong characters; yet, as a whole, they were a God-fearing race, as was but natural in those who sprang from the loins of the Irish Calvinists.
Roosevelt reflects on the character of the frontier population, noting their wildness yet strong moral foundation.
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