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An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
Robert Baden-Powell
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Robert Baden-Powell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1857
Born: February 22
Died: 1941
Died: January 8
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I have often urged my young friends, when faced with an adversary, to play polo with him i.e., not to go at him bald-headed but to ride side by side with him and gradually edge him off your track. Never lose your temper with him. If you are in the right there is no need to, if you are in the wrong you can't afford to.
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