Twilight Club
The
Twilight Club is an organization founded in the late 19th century, with the intention to counter the moral decline by bolstering up the spiritual and ethical awareness of the society. Illustrous members were
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Herbert Spencer,
Walt Whitman,
Andrew Carnegie,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, and
Mark Twain. The name of the club refers to their meetings at the twilight of the day, but also to the evening twilight of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th century. From
this club, service clubs such as the
Rotary Club and the
Lions evolved at a later stage.
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