THE SCHOOL OF THE SHORE 63 



ancestors of the great races of animals may 

 have had engrained in them when they lived 

 very long ago on the shore? They included 

 the quality of holding tight, which leads on 

 to endurance, the quality of biding their time 

 even till the tide comes in which leads on 

 to patience, the quality of push, which leads 

 on to endeavour, and the quality of seizing a 

 good opportunity, which leads on to alertness 

 and power of initiative. These are some of 

 the great lessons of the old school of the shore. 



