‘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 shorer 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. 
