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Tom Slade on Mystery Trail

CHAPTER XXI
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That is well, for as the old song says, 'When every one is somebody then no one's anybody.' (Laughter) "I wonder how many of you scouts who are down for these awards realize what the awards mean?
They are not simply prizes given for feats--or stunts, as you call them.

To win a high honor merely as a stunt is to win it unfairly.

Every step that a scout takes in the direction of a coveted honor should be a step in scouting.

The Gold Cross is given _not_ to one who saves life, but to a _scout_ that saves life.

Before you can win any honors in this great brotherhood, you must first be a scout.


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