ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -When the author says that all of their acts of self interest will be cast into oblivion, what does he mean? They will be forgotten.

Detailed explanation-2: -In all of your deliberations in the Confederate Council, in your efforts at law making, in all your official acts, self interest shall be cast into oblivion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Manitou. Manitou, akin to the Iroquois orenda, is perceived as the spiritual and fundamental life force by Algonquian peoples. It is believed by practitioners to be omnipresent; manifesting in all things, including organisms, the environment, and events both human-induced and otherwise.

Detailed explanation-4: -When a candidate lord is to be installed he shall furnish four strings of shells (or wampum)2 one span in length bound together at one end. Such will constitute the evidence of his pledge to the confederate lords that he will live according to the constitution of the Great Peace and exercise justice in all affairs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The eagle in the Iroquois Constitution is a symbol of mutual protection; the eagle was believed to be a guardian that warned of danger and placing it on the Iroquois Constitution represented the unity of the tribes in protecting one another against enemies they had in common.