Scouting for Boys

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PREFACE

Scouting has been described by more than one enthusiast as a revolution in education. It is not that.

It is merely a suggestion thrown out at a venture for a jolly outdoor recreation, which has been found to form also a practical aid to education.

It may be taken to be complementary to school training, and capable of filling up certain chinks unavoidable in the ordinary school curriculum. It is, in a word, a school of citizenship through woodcraft.

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