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Rotary's Power for World Peace and "The Greatest Invention"
Paul Harris on page 258 of "My Road to Rotary" discusses Rotary's power for world peace. What did Rotary do that received the attention of the U.S. Department of State prior to 1945?

He also writes about Charles Steinmetz, the inventor of alternating electricity.

"The late Charles Steinmetz, wizard of mathematics and the world’s foremost electrical engineer, was once asked by Roger Babson to state what line of research such as radio, aeronautics, power transmission, etc., in his estimation promised most for humanity. His answer was that the greatest promise was not in any coming invention but in spiritual forces, the greatest power in the development of men.

He then stated that men would eventually find that material things do not bring happiness and that when they realize that fact the world will advance more in one generation than it has in the past four. This statement by the great scientist may seem an extravagant expression but Steinmetz was not given to the use of extravagant terms. Exactitude was one of his most marked characteristics. What might spiritual forces accomplish? They might perhaps find a way to avert war. What invention could compare in value with the finding of a way to everlasting peace?"  Paul Harris, Page 260, "My Road to Rotary" 1947 

 

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