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four quarters of the globe may teach less 

 than the field naturalist with the hedgerow 

 and the lens. One of the first lessons of 

 scouting is independence of equipment, the 

 doing of great things with small means ; 

 and magnificent equipment, the provision of 

 elaborate instruments and highly - trained 

 mechanicians, too often renders your man of 

 science and his pupils helpless in a less 

 palatial environment. We are not going to 

 get technical education by merely paying for 

 it./ We may show wonderful buildings, 

 dazzling equipments, a network of examina- 

 tions, and a crowd of certificated examinees, 

 but this will not insure the training the 

 nation wants in observation and in reasoning 

 on observation. 



We must, above all, exercise the selective 

 faculty and choose true master-scouts, giving 

 them a free hand, and th<iy will teach our 

 lads to observe and think scientifically. That 

 is the only form of technical education which 

 will produce the scouting power the nation 

 needs. Some may say that this is pure 

 science, and not technical instruction at all. 

 I am not prepared to say it is not. I don't 



