~Self-reliance.~--The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine
growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it
constitutes the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from
without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within
invariably invigorates. Whatever is done _for_ men or classes, to a
certain extent takes away the stimulus and necessity of doing for
themselves; and where men are subjected to over-guidance and
over-government, the inevitable tendency is to render them comparatively
helpless.--_Samuel Smiles._