Harvard Law School for two and a half years. Much of the wisdom and insight of this gifted individual resulted from his determined pursuit of knowledge. His book The Romance Of Education dealt with such diverse fields as language, history, with diverse fields with such diverse fields as language, history, mathematics, and poetry, all subjects in which he had excelled. His personal library grew to contain 5,000 volumes, most of which he had read. After rising to national prominence as a successful businessman, he laid aside his business responsibilities to devote his life to bringing the truth to the American people. And so it was that on December 9, 1958, Robert as Welch met with 11 other prominent men in a two day meeting which resulted in the founding of The John Birch Society. This meeting that took place in Indianapolis, Indiana, began a new movement in history. Outside of religious groups, this was the first time a major organization was ever created for the sole purpose of using truth as a weapon against evil. The motto of The John Birch Society (JBS) was expressed in this manner by its founder: "Education is our total strategy and truth is our only weapon."! As a result of the founding of the JBS, the manipulators of public opinion faced something they had never faced before. It soon became evident to them that As the the JBS understood exactly what they were up to, and knew how to use the one weapon they could not stand against. That weapon was simply truth. 166 The Secret Side of History fourth in a class of almost a thousand. He then entered