Facts versus propaganda

Whether we have a world of chaos growing out of propaganda and blind thoughtlessness or a world of peace based upon fact and common sense, depends upon the individual, and the type of education to which he has been subjected, as Doctor Adams points out in his response to the presentation of the AIEE Lamme Medal at the summer convention in Toronto. DEEP down in the hearts of most of us is an ideal, towards which we are striving. We sometimes stumble and fall by the wayside, pick ourselves up and carry on. We often refer to this ideal as the spirit of the man, or the divine urge to be something better and finer than shows on the surface. A good portrait painter is the one who is able to bring out this spirit rather than to reproduce merely the superficial appearance. Mr. Alger is a good portrait painter, as he has given you a picture of what I would like to be. In other words, he has emphasized the best.