(May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout
and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the British Army
in colonial Africa and for teaching woodcraft
to Robert Baden-Powell
, thus becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scouting Movement
.
Burnham had little formal education, attending high school but never graduating. He began his career at 14 in the American Southwest as a scout and tracker for the U.S.
There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day. 
Under the administration of Rhodes, there were the fewest laws, the widest freedom, the least crime, and the turest justice, that I have ever seen in any part of the world.
As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.
I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep.