"our race will be saved by its exceptional men. Without disparagement of faithful men of moderate abilities, it may be said that in all ages, the mighty impulses that have propelled a people onward in their progressive career have proceeded from a few gifted souls. An ordinary education may answer for the nine men of mediocrity; but if this is all we offer the talented tenth man, we make a prodigious mistake. The tenth man with superior natural endowments, symmetrically trained and highly developed, may become a mightier influence, a greater inspiration to others than all the other nine, or nine times nine like them. It is this tenth man that is the recognized leader in his profession and the leader of public opinion. The talented TENTH man is an uncrowned king in his sphere."

~ Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois ~