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that it is impossible to discourage him, and that his hopefulness and 

 spirit make things cheerful on every day that otherwise would be a 

 blue day in camp. 



If preparation, enthusiasm, energy and ability to shoot straight, 

 count as they should count, the Smithsonian African Expedition under 

 the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt was one that has rarely been 

 surpassed and its fitness for its work was amply shown by its valuable 

 results. 



