See Things From The Boy's Point Of

An Individual Step In Character Training Is To Put Responsibility On The Individual.

The Great Thing That Strikes You On Looking Back Is How Quickly You Have Come-how Very Brief Is The Span Of Life On This Earth. The Warning That One Would Give, Therefore, Is That It Is Well Not To Fritter It Away On Things That Don't Count In The End; Nor On The Other Hand Is It Good To Take Life Too Seriously As Some Seem To Do. Make It A Happy Life While You Have It. That Is Where Success Is Possible To Every Man.

It Is The Patrol System That Makes The Troop, And All Scouting For That Matter, A Real Co-operative Matter.

As Sir Henry Newbolt Sums It Up: "the Real Test Of Success Is Whether A Life Has Been A Happy One And A Happy Giving One."

I Have Often Urged My Young Friends, When Faced With An Adversary, To "play Polo" With Him; I.e., Not To Go At Him Bald-headed But To Ride Side By Side With Him And Gradually Edge Him Off Your Track. Never Lose Your Temper With Him. If You Are In The Right There Is No Need To, If You Are In The Wrong You Can't Afford To.