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This Salesman Wants To Sell Peace ProgramST. LOUIS. — (INS) — Angus Burns, a St. Louis salesman, spends a lot of his off-time selling an idea —a possible way to world peace.The idea came to him back in 1938. while the globe was working itself up to World War II.At that time. Burns was struck with this thought:“What would happen if. instead of glorifying war and the men who make war, we devoted equal effort to glorifying the men who have brought peace and progress to the world?*'This w'as not especially original, but Burns went a step further and laid out a program for accomplishing that end.He proposed the construction of a “Temple of Civilization” on whose walls would be inscribed the names of all those whose works have benefited mankind.Doctors, engineers, architects and inventors, for example, could easily achieve this type of immortality But a man whose sole claim to fame was military skill would be blackballed.Inside the temple would be a library devoted to biographies of the great men whose names are on the wmlls. A temple staff w ould devote its time, in part, to collecting . and writing the life stories of the men wfho have gone unrecognized.Burns thought his idea was sound but realized that he'd have to do something more than think about it if he wanted to put it across. He had never spoken to a group of more than three persons before so he took a course in public speaking. He trained himself so well j that he was able to make an extensive speaking tour through the East this year explaining his ‘Temple of Civilization” idea.
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Austin Christmas American Statesman
Austin, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 25, 1948
Page 25
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