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<h3 align=center style='margin:0mm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rotary Global
History Fellowship<br>
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title="http://www.rotaryhistoryfellowship.org/">www.rotaryhistoryfellowship.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h3>
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12.0pt'> </span></font><b><font size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>What Paul Harris Said<br>
August 31, 2008<br>
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href="http://www.whatpaulharrissaid.org" target="_blank"
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>“Upon several occasions, Boards of
Rotary International have extended to us invitations to visit the Rotary clubs
of other counties; such invitations we have, as a rule, accepted and we have
tried to make ourselves ambassadors of good-will. With the cooperation of
Rotarians and local governments, I have planted friendship trees in the parks
and playgrounds on all the five continents of the world and even on some of the
major islands of the seas. Our trees stood as symbols of international
understanding and good-will. National and municipal governments have
participated in the ceremonies incident to such plantings and monuments bearing
bronze plates with appropriate inscriptions, have, in several instances, been
erected. Our tree plantings are merely gestures of good-will but they are
intelligible to all the citizens of the various countries whatever language
they speak".</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'> Paul
P. Harris "<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.paulharrishome.com" target="_blank">Comely Bank</a></span></b>"
page 275 "My Road20To Rotary" copyright Rotary International and
published online here <a
href="http://www.whatpaulharriswrote.org/library/myroad/" target="_blank">http://www.whatpaulharriswrote.org/library/myroad/</a>
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Paul Harris was an extensive traveller who kept records of his journeys - <a
href="http://www.whatpaulharriswrote.org/library/peregrinations/"
target="_blank">http://www.whatpaulharriswrote.org/library/peregrinations/</a>
- which clearly influenced his thinking. One of Paul Harris’ best known
‘tools’ was to plant ‘Fri endship Trees’ around the
world on his travels - <a href="http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/library/trees/"
target="_blank">http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/library/trees/</a> - as
symbols of world understanding and goodwill.</span></font><font face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Is it any wonder that the very first Rotary Foundation
program established after the death of our founder was the Ambassadorial
Scholarships? The largest privately-funded scholarship program in the world has
sent thousands of young people on similar journeys to Paul Harris to every part
of the world over the past 60 years and helped develop future business,
political and even Rotary leaders.</span></font><font face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Throughout the ensuing years, Rotary has further expanded
the ideas of Paul Harris through programs such as Group Study Exchange, Youth
Exchange and Friendship Exchange – in their own way they too are like
Paul Harris’ Friendship Trees -symbols of world understanding and
goodwill. </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From our Rotary Foundation Alumni and beyond through
international humanitarian projects to eradicate polio or provide clean water
or tackle disease and poverty, we all have planted our own seeds of friendship
around the world. These are our own personal symbols for today’s world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Calum Thomson <br>
<a href="mailto:calthomson@aol.com">calthomson@aol.com</a> <br>
RGHF Chairman 2006/07<br>
Rotary Club of Longniddry & District<br>
District 1020<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>New articles at RGHF <a href="http://www.recentposts.org"
target="_blank">www.recentpost s.org</a> </span></font></b></span><font size=2><span
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