. Review of reviews and world's work . hy with American :institutions, tradition and history, and familiarwith the potential power, manly self-respect,personal integrity and personal dignity only tobe realized under a Republican form of govern-ment, the only form of government that has :no tendencies to make menials of its citizens. .• It is the American spirit of conscious in-;dividuality and initiative in the weave and 1woof of the Boy Scout idea, which gives to it its vim, life and vitality. But its popularityamong the boys and primary cause, which ?has made it sweep this country with a rap
. Review of reviews and world's work . hy with American :institutions, tradition and history, and familiarwith the potential power, manly self-respect,personal integrity and personal dignity only tobe realized under a Republican form of govern-ment, the only form of government that has :no tendencies to make menials of its citizens. .• It is the American spirit of conscious in-;dividuality and initiative in the weave and 1woof of the Boy Scout idea, which gives to it its vim, life and vitality. But its popularityamong the boys and primary cause, which ?has made it sweep this country with a rapidityof a forest fire, lies in the name mystic charm, the magic talisman, whichcaused the President of the United States in1907 to keep busy statesmen waiting in thecabinet chamber while he carefully read the \prospectus of the Boy Scouts, lies in its name; It was the name which fixed his attention;:but it was the object which gained his en-; •dorsement. It was the name which caught i 438 TRK AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS. BOY SCOUTS OF PORTO RICO the attention of the famous English gentle-man, Baden-Powell, in 1908. His experiencewith boys as messengers during the Boer Warhad so impressed him with their ability to dothings,that he cribbed the Scout idea, as hehimself declares, and determined to devote therest of his life to developing it in England. Tothe activities of the boys organizations whichhe found in different countries, Baden-Powelladded to his organizations others with the aimof developing the boys mind and character. The charm, the magic, the fascination is allin the word Scout and what it means to a wonder Scouts are proud of the title, foreven to see the word in print, or hear it pro-nounced, opens up to their youthful minds aland teeming with picturesqueness, morecrammed with real thrilling adventures, morepermeated with true chivalryand heroic valor than thecombined efforts of the fer-tile imagination of Sir WalterScott and the poetic fancyof L
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