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. 



