Without the desire to fight and to defeat the worthy foe, we do not have bridges, ships, towers, cities, pipes that bring fresh and clean water to our homes, and electric wires that bring the world to us at the click of a finger. All recommendations that boys should be tame and mild and inoffensive must break against the rocks of nature. The better thing to do is to train and direct the healthy desire to fight. A river that spills into and over a field does no good work. When it is channeled and its force is focused upon the mill wheel, it can grind out the corn; at a place like Hoover Dam, it
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