Leave This World A Little Better Than

Commemorative Stone In The Floor Of The Chapel Of St. George In Westminster Abbey, London, Dedicated In 1947: To The Memory Of Robert Baden-powell Chief Scout Of The World 1857-1941 Upon One Side Of The Stone Was The Badge Of The Boy Scouts, The Arrow-head To Point The True Way As It Had Pointed The Way For Sailors And Navigators From The Time Of The Earliest Maps; And On The Other The Badge Of The Girl Guides-the Three-leafed Clover.

Mind You, I Have Had In My Sojourn On Earth As Good A Time Of It As Any Man, So I Can Speak With Some Knowledge. A Writer In The Manchester Guardian Who Is Unknown To Me Lately Described Me As "the Richest Man In The World." That Sounds A Pretty Big Order, But When I Come To Think It Out I Believe He Is Not Far Wrong. A Rich Man Is Not Necessarily A Man With A Whole Pot Of Money But A Man Who Is Really Happy. And I Am That.

The Secret Of Getting Successful Work Out Of Your Trained Men Lies In One Nutshell—in The Clearness Of The Instructions They Receive.

Success In Training The Boy Depends Largely On The Scoutmaster's Own Personal Example.

We Should Take Care, In Inculcating Patriotism Into Our Boys And Girls, That Is A Patriotism Above The Narrow Sentiment Which Usually Stops At One's Country, And Thus Inspires Jealousy And Enmity In Dealing With Others... Our Patriotism Should Be Of The Wider, Nobler Kind Which Recognises Justice And Reasonableness In The Claims Of Others And Which Lead Our Country Into Comradeship With...the Other Nations Of The World.