As Sir Henry Newbolt Sums It Up:

Young Men, Of Course, Don't Want To Be Guided By Old Back Numbers, But At The Same Time I Know That In My Own Case I Gained A Lot By Studying The Characters Of The Chiefs Under Whom I Served From Time To Time. Lord Wolseley, For Instance, Said: "use Your Common Sense Rather Than Book Instructions."

A Week Of Camp Life Is Worth Six Months Of Theoretical Teaching In The Meeting Room.

A Thing That Many Young Fellows Don't Seem To Realism At First Is That Success Depends On Oneself And Not On A Kindly Fate, Nor On The Interest Of Powerful Friends.

Scouting Is Not An Abstruse Or Difficult Science: Rather It Is A Jolly Game If You Take It In The Right Light. In The Same Time It Is Educative, And (like Mercy) It Is Apt To Benefit Him That Giveth As Well As Him That Receives.

Loyalty Is A Feature In A Boy's Character That Inspires Boundless Hope.