Ekwefi's folktale about the tortoise serves to warn people what can happen if they don't stick together.

its hard for me to see which word is supposed to be in bold. if i knew then i would be able to better.

in our power to make a world happy - to teach mankind the art of being so - to a character hitherto unknown - and to have, as it were, a new creation intrusted to our hands, are honors that command reflection, and can neither be too highly estimated,