"After having lived with Rotary during the twelve years of its existence, I can, with fervor and sincerity, say that my faith in its destiny has constantly increased from the day of its birth. Rotary is and ever has been a little in advance of, and yet in keeping with, the tendency of the times. Rotary is not, like some other good influences, so far removed from the practical everyday problems of life as to seem at times entirely disconnected. Rotary is simple, genuine, true. It abhors deceit and pretentiousness, and had rather run the risk of underrating than to run the risk of over extolling its own virtues.
It is a man's (and a woman's) job to be a good Rotarian, and he/she who lives up to the precepts will be a good neighbour, a kind friend, a loving husband/wife, a companionable father/mother, and an asset to the community in which he/she lives."
PAUL P. HARRIS, to the Rotary Club of New Orleans, May, 1917.
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