“Be Honest and True Boys”
This poem was published in the children’s periodical “Golden Days for Boys and Girls” in 1887, a few decades before the founding of Boys Scouts. It was featured during a flashback episode in the television series “Boardwalk Empire,” which also had several references to the Boys Scout movement.
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The best and the truest,
Alas! are the fewest;
But be one of these if you can.