CREDITMEN'S LUNCH.
"BLUNDERS OF THE BUILDER." Several illustrations of the fact that some of the greatest benefactors of humanity were misunderstood and rejected in the early years of their Jives were given by Dr. "David Lang, M.A.. D.D., of the Canadian PaeJl'n Railway Company, who was the speaker at yesterday's luncheon of the Auckland Creditmen's Club. Taking as his subject "The Blunders of the Builder," Dr. Lang recalled that Thomas A. Edison had been rejected with his early experiments, but that he had progressed until he was one of the greatest benefactors of civilisation. The speaker also gave an instance of a lad who bought tea with the only 2/ in his possession. From that small beginning he had built up a business from which he retired a multi-millionaire. Two things were necessary to individual strength, said Dr. Lang—integrity, or honesty, and the spirit of service. Dr. Lang concluded by describing the memorial service to the late King in New York and the immense popularitv of the present King.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 113, 14 May 1936, Page 26
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