Let the child and the youth be taught that every mistake, every fault, every difficulty, conquered, becomes a stepping-stone to better and higher things. It is through such experiences that all who have ever made life worth the living have achieved success. "The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." "We rise by things that are under our feet; By what we have mastered of good and gain; By the pride deposed and the passion slain, And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet." "All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend."

Lad barnet og den unge lære, at enhver fejltagelse, enhver fejl og enhver vanskelighed, der overvindes, bliver et trappetrin opad mod noget bedre og højere. Det er gennem den slags erfaringer, at alle, der nogensinde har gjort livet værd at leve, er nået til et lykkeligt resultat.