_The will to do_ had not been efficient.

There was a flaw in the character, after all.
Going back, therefore, to the prescription, we find that a _sound body_, a _good mind_, an _honest purpose_, and a _lack of fear_ are the essential elements of success.

So, when we have conceived something for the good of the world and have allowed it to go by default we have dropped the monkey-wrench into the machinery of our preparedness.

We must look about us for a reason.

Have we fallen by the wayside of carelessness?
Have we allowed ourselves to be discouraged by cowardly "ifs"?
_Did we lack the sand_?
Exactly so; we didn't have the courage of our convictions.
Life is the one great experience, and those who fail to win, if sound of body, can safely lay the blame to their lack of mental equipment.