Can we not interpret our adult wisdom into the language of boyhood?

Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.

The Scout Oath and Law are our binding disciplinary force.

A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Scouting is a man's job cut down to a boy's size.