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Show HOW SCOUTING WAS STARTED. Scouting Is not the result of mere chance, nor of artificial stimulus. It is a normal outgrowth of the times, through which the boyhood of this civilization, civ-ilization, developed far beyond that of any previous age, . may find its own natural expression. It is the only movement in recorded history through which this has ever done Its onth and law are the codification codifi-cation of the essential principles of -this civilization into the language of the boy. 1 They place before hlra, at his most critical time of life, the age of choice, a definite, comprehenslble'gulde, fitted to his nature, his years and his development. devel-opment. Scouting appeared at the most crucial cru-cial time In thf history of the race, and was the prophecy of the type of man soon to be needed for the preservation preser-vation of our civilization. That man Is now coming on the stage of action. It is vital that his preparation should begin with the boy. The world movement was at first spontaneous and sporadic. It soon became be-came necessary to organize It to save its wonderful possibilities to the world, and In 1007, In , Glasgow, Scotland, UUs was done by the man wboae gen-Ins gen-Ins had unconsciously brought the movement Into being Sir Robert Ba-den-PowelL |