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Show H ; A boy at the age of 10 can practically H determine for himself whether ho will H be a simple burden bearer for others H as long as ho lives, a leach on society, H or whether hi will be a broad-minded, HUH H useful and successful man. If a boy H at this age has no ambition to be any- H body and is content to simply let H things Dicker and take his chance H with others Just like him, frittering H away his opportunities and caring only H to sit en a dry goods box and tell vile H stories, bo'rrow, beg, and when an op- B portunity comes along, steal, smoke, H gamble, swear, make lewd remarks of H tho gentler sex he can maxc up his H mind to carry a tin can, ride tho rods m of a freight car, dodge tho marshal, M and later on wear the stripes and work H on tho rock pile, or he ran resolvo to 1 be a man In the highest sense, seek H every means for physical, mental and m moral growth and development and B I must surely and easily graduate Into H the ever widening Melds of utility and |