Though we think the farm proposal is excellent per se,
we are bound to say we feel specially anxious in regard to it. Such schemes, especially when run as a by-product, are terribly apt to absorb too large a proportion of energy and to bring untold worries with them, in spite of the good they do. We would rather, for ourselves, see the Scouts "stick to their Jast"—surely the noblest last ever Moral cobbler had, the
encouragement of honour, good faith, and knighthood in its best sense in the minds and hearts of our boys. If at the end it should be said of the Scouts that they did nothing more than teach the working classes the true meaning of the word " honour," they would have done ten thousand times more for the nation than any millionaire or company of millionaires who ever showered on it tangible benefits such as hospitals, schools, and universities.
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