Fitness of American Youth

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959

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Pagina 6 - On my honor I will do my best "To do my duty to God and my country "and to obey the Scout Law; 'To help other people at all times; 'To keep myself physically strong, "mentally awake, and morally straight.
Pagina 7 - If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades.
Pagina 7 - I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause. I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.
Pagina 48 - At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected ? I answer, If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Pagina 7 - I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
Pagina 7 - If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape.
Pagina 7 - When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements 'lisloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.
Pagina 52 - For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time.
Pagina 52 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air.
Pagina 21 - If you want a description of our age, here is one. The civilisation of means without ends ; rich in means beyond any other epoch, and almost beyond human needs ; squandering and misusing them, because it has no overruling ideal: an ample body with a meagre soul.

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