The language of the cowardly and the conceited is founded on excuses. When they boast of being able to do what they are unable to do, and the occasion arises to prove their worth, they blame it on something. If they cannot dance, they blame the floor for not being level. If they fail their exam they blame it on not having a good pen. If they can't shoot their target they blame it on the bullet. If they can't swim they blame it on the pool being too deep. They always have something or someone to