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CHAPTER 34 DUTIES OF OFFICES OF PRAESIDIA 215
develop in them a lively sense of interest in all the work of
the praesidium.
14. He shall satisfy himself that the work of each legionary
is being done:
(a) in the right spirit;
(b) along the right lines;
(c) that all the good which the Legion would wish to see
reaped in each case is in fact achieved;
(d) that old work is from time to time returned upon; and
(e) that an enterprising spirit is kept alive in the members
by the regular breaking of new ground.
15. He shall secure from the members the degree of effort
and self-sacrifice of which they are capable. To require from a
legionary of good capacity some petty task, is to do a great
injustice to that legionary, whose eternity is being shaped.
There are none who will not take things easily if they are
encouraged to do so. Thus the President must urge each one
on because God wants from each one of his creatures the
maximum of its capacity.
16. The faults of a praesidium are usually the faults of its
President. If the President accepts incorrectnesses, they will
recur and get worse.
17. As the President occupies the chair about fifty times in
the year, and is no more than human, it is inevitable that on
some of those occasions he will be in an irritable frame of
mind. If so, he must strive to show no trace of it, for nothing
is more infectious than bad humour. Starting from one
person, especially from one in authority, it can quickly
devastate a whole body.
18. A President, who feels that the praesidium is drifting
into careless ways or loss of spirit, should consult privately
with the Curia Officers as to the proper course to be adopted;
and if his own transfer to ordinary membership is
recommended, he should most humbly abide by that decision
which will be full of blessings for him.
19. He shall, like every other officer and member, satisfy
the obligations of membership by doing the ordinary work of
the praesi d ium. It would appear superfluous to enunciate this