Short Stories
of Science and Invention

A Collection of Radio Talks by
Charles F. Kettering

     Out of Paul Revere's mill came sheet copper that went on the bottoms of many American ships, including the U.S.S. Constitution - copper for the boilers in Robert Fulton's steam boat - and sheathing for the domes of the State House in Boston and the New York City Hall.

     As one writer says of the early American patriots after the Revolution - "Others had talked louder and longer about the new America they were planning to build, but Revere made the largest contribution to it."

     Today, as after the American Revolution, men and industries have again turned from war to peacetime pursuits. Soon we shall all be resuming our task of building America. And from Paul Revere we can learn this lesson - America's growth has depended largely on individuals  the man or woman who, like Revere, recognizes a job to be done, a problem to be solved, and is willing to devote the great amount of time and endless patience necessary to achieve this goal.     ●