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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
simple act of courtesy, such as we all owe to one an- 
other, counts as a good turn, or that one’s mere duty to 
one’s parents is worthy of Scout notice. But a good 
Scout laughs at this idea, for she knows that these things 
are expected of all decent people. She wants to give 
the world every day, for good measure, something over 
and above what it asks of her. And the more she does, 
the more she sees to do. 
This is the spirit that makes the older Scout into a 
fine, useful, dependable woman, who does so much good 
in her community that she becomes naturally one of its 
leading citizens, on whom everyone relies, and of whom 
everyone is proud. It may end in the saving of a life, or 
in some great heroic deed for one’s Country. But these 
things are only bigger expressions of the same feeling 
that makes the smallest Tenderfoot try to do at least one 
good turn a day . 
IV. A Girl Scout Is a Friend to All, and a Sister to 
Every Other Girl Scout 
This means that she has a feeling of good will to all 
the world, and is never offish and suspicious nor inclined 
to distrust other people’s motives. A Girl Scout should 
never bear a grudge, nor keep up a quarrel from pride, 
but look for the best in everybody, in which case she 
will undoubtedly find it. Women are said to be inclined 
to cliques and snobbishness, and the world looks to great 
organizations like the Girl Scouts to break down their 
petty barriers of race and class and make our sex a great 
power for democracy in the days to come. 
The Girl Scout finds a special comrade in every other 
Girl Scout, it goes without saying, and knows how to 
make her feel that she need never be without a friend 
or a meal or a helping hand as long as there is another 
Girl Scout in the world. 
