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`^`ords, I suppose,have a shghuy different 1〕 up memOr忆 s of hiL1hc【 t1s hmilby nce.For me“ Chrhtmas” co丬 ums Our past exper忆 unⅥrrapping ll△ ysteriOusl、 Ⅰ gatherings, Of feasting and happiness, Of the thrill o￡
shaped packages and the joy of receiving gifts frOn) friends, of the sparkhng Orn~ arnelllents and ghttering hghts Of a Christll△ as tree, of the pleasure of Ⅵ/atching the joyous singing Of the children in a hospital being entertained by Scouts, o￡ welH【 nOwn Chostmas hymns. ChⅡ stmas is a time of j。 y and happine甾 because 弋s scOuts at Christluas lve should particularIy 严 hich it celebrates. 丿 O￡ the eⅤ ent Ⅵ ve lllissed an 0ppOrtunity of l)eing friendly rernelllber our fourth scOut La、 v.Have 、 ve l()st a friend during the year because \vith a ne、vco1uer in Our luidstP I-Iave 、 Ⅰ ith son)eone 、 ve dealt tcO severel、 I 、 vere tOO prOud tO ad∏ 1it our fault? Have 、 、'e 、 of these things. time tO thilll【 、 Ⅴ Om we think has done us a wrO11g? Now is tl记 If each of us during the next week or twO secredy deter1uincd to seek Out and vith Ⅵ Jhonl 、 ve haⅤ e quarrcⅡ ed duriIlg d△ c year apOlOgiβ e tO at least one persOn 、 there would be n1uch nlore jOy in the wOrld. l△
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of the Ne、 Ⅴ `/ear?In1961 Ⅵ e are tO celebrate the 伍ftietI△ annive1・ 严
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sary of ScOuting in ⒈Iong I<Ong. The 11△ ain purpose Of this celebration is not to ve have hat splendid things 、 enable us to slap each Other On the back and say Ⅵ厂 done in the past, but rather to provide us xlrith reneⅥ /ed zeal and elathusiasnl fOr ve are gOing tO dO in the future. FOr I an1 satisfied that the splendid things 、 er tO the needs of the youth Of tOday. It is international。 Scouting has the ansⅥ 厂 It is non~sectarian。
Its lDasic phⅡ Osophy is sOund and tin1eless。
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7ith a puη ρ ose¨ eduell, the end Of Scouting is “character, character 、 Baden~PoⅥ 厂 、 catiOn in high ideals, in a sense Of duty, in fOrtitude,in self respect, and in regard fOr others, in one Ⅵ⒎ Ord those attributes that go to nlake up character.” But while 、 ays Of ve n1ust find ne、 v Ⅵ严
`ve n1ust hOld fast to these basic ideas of Scouting achieving thenl, 、 vays 、 vhich appeal the bOy’ s sense Of fun, and his lOve Of acuon