ABSTRACT
In concluding this work I would quote wise Doctor Johnson, who remarked: “ Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues, because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other ” . By a happy coincidence Abdur Rahman Khan, that truly great Amir who reunited all the provinces of Afghanistan under his sway, once remarked to Sir Mortimer Durand that all the virtues could be grafted on the stock of courage, without which no nation could prosper. I have been in touch with Afghans for many years and I have especially admired their outstanding virility. 1 can therefore, with full confidence in its realization, wish Afghanistan a prosperous future.
