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Faith of Rotary

Date

February 1921

Type

essay

Era

Early Expansion · 1912

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Source

The Rotarian

Record type

Stub page

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The Rotarian

Page from The Rotarian featuring “The Faith of Rotary” by Paul P. Harris, February 1921

Scanned page from The Rotarian featuring “The New Comradeship” by Estes Snedecor

Early Expansion

1912–1929

Founder of Rotary International (1905) and prominent attorney who established the initial network of service clubs.

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