Individual effort and success are the indicators of the vitality and genius of a people.

When individuals rise out of the indistinguishable mass and make their mark, we may rest assured that the mass is rich and capable of unlimited production.

The great mass of every government, of every people, while adding to and creating greatness, go down in history unmentioned.

But their glory, their genius, success and happiness, are expended and survive in the few great spirits their fortunate condition produced.

The governments of antiquity were great and glorious, because their proletarians were intelligent, thrifty and brave, but the proletarians fade into vagueness, and are great only in the few great names which have been handed down to us.