Perhaps no other one thing has so vital a hold upon the individual who succeeds.
The general of an army first looks to the _morale_ of his troops.

He knows that with clean minds and bodies his soldiers are capable of doing big things.

The battleship, that efficient and highly-developed instrument of war, is so immaculate that one could eat his meals on its very decks.

Its officers are wholesome, athletic fellows; its crew consists of hardy men who live sanely and vigorously and who have plenty to occupy their minds.

And if cleanliness is fundamental in their case why not in our own?
When we come to analyze ourselves we find that we are like a great institution of some kind.