Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Scottonian, 1921, Vol. 8 If we were all possessed Of the same amount Of animation of spirit and fired with the same charge Of am'bition as were men such as Lincoln, Washington, and Roosevelt, there would be less need for teachers - we would be on the roadway to success upon the mere acquisition of our text-books. But this is not the case. We need leaders to guide us along the way and help us over the rough places, friends to' urge us on in the correct and full use of our abilities, and strong personalities to inculcate within us that desire for advancement and achievement which dis tinguishes the educated from the undeveloped. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.