Cuarter 111

THE PURPOSE-WILL OF AN
INVENTOR

[ F we want to study the Purpose-will at its
best, we must read the lives: of great
. .inventors—those who had tenacity as well
as initiative and who fought for their new
ideas until they became accepted by the
world.

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There are thousands of inventors. About
30,000 patents are taken out every year in
England alone. But very few of them survive
the opposition that they have to face.

An inventor must have a stronger Purposewill
 than a military general or a religious
leader. The general can use force to overcome
his enemies, and the religious leader is sustained
 by the belief that Divine omnipotence
is on his side.

But an inventor has neither soldiers nor
angels to help him. He stands alone. His new
idea is almost always unpopular. He has no
applause. Often, he is pelted with ridicule.
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