Here was initiative and self-reliance in its highest form.
And this sort of man is everywhere.

The car in which we ride to work every morning contains one or more of them.

Let something happen and we will see them spring forward with a line of action already formed.

At their word of command we automatically obey--and then when the worst is over a kindly voice reassures us and we go on our way rejoicing.
What would the world do without these men?
History is filled with the tales of heroes and heroines.

And for every Joan of Arc there are thousands upon thousands who have done heroic things without a word of praise.