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Robert Baden-Powell

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[Wikipedia] Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys, which with h

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Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em…

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Being wise

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A man who risks his life in shooting big game in order to secure good specimens for natural history collections, or to…

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Dangerous

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The study of Nature brings into a harmonious whole the questions of the Infinite, the Historic, and the Microscopic as part of…

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Creator

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When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

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Done

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Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this…

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Believe

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Scoutcraft is a means through which the veriest hooligan can be brought to higher thought and to the elements of faith in…

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Day

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The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into…

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Driving

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The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one…

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Animal

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A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.

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Camping

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The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.

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Play

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The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

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Adopted

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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

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Aim

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All Scouts should know about St. George. St. George is the Patron Saint of England; he is also the Patron Saint of…

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About

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Personally, I like reading adventures which really have happened to people, because they show what kind of things might happen to oneself,…

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Adventure

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From the boys' point of view, scouting puts them into fraternity-gangs, which is their natural organisation, whether for games, mischief, or loafing;…

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Dress

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The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape…

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Escape

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Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good…

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Best

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The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

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Happiness

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To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.

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Boys

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Scouting is not an abstruse or difficult science: rather it is a jolly game if you take it in the right light.…

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Benefits

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If you make yourself indispensable to your employer, he is not going to part with you in a hurry no matter what…

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Costs

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