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When writing ''Scouting for Boys'', [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|General Baden-Powell]] drew inspiration from the work of Ernest Thompson Seton, who founded the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and later became instrumental in spreading Scouting throughout North America. Like Seton, Baden-Powell chose to use a set of affirmative laws, in contrast to Old Testament-like prohibitions. | When writing ''Scouting for Boys'', [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|General Baden-Powell]] drew inspiration from the work of Ernest Thompson Seton, who founded the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and later became instrumental in spreading Scouting throughout North America. Like Seton, Baden-Powell chose to use a set of affirmative laws, in contrast to Old Testament-like prohibitions. | ||
The original Scout | The original Scout Law appeared with the publication of ''Scouting for Boys'' in 1908 and is as follows (sic, capitalization, numbering, etc by Baden-Powell):<ref name="SfB">{{cite book | first = Lieut.-General R. S. S. | last = Baden-Powell, C.B., F.R.G.S. |authorlink = Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | title = [[Scouting for Boys]] | edition = Part I | year = 1908 | publisher = Horace Cox | location = Windsor House, Bream's Buildings, London E.C. | pages = page 49}}</ref><ref name="orig">{{cite web | url = http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/sha/law.htm | title = The British Boy Scouts Pledge and Law an historical survey | publisher = Scout History Association | accessdate = 2006-05-22}}</ref><ref name=Knights>{{cite web | url = http://www.gutenberg.net/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=2144 | title = Young Knights of the Empire | publisher = Gutenberg project}}</ref> | ||
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