I care not what your education is, elaborate or nothing, what your mental calibre is, great or small, that man who concentrates all his energies of body, mind and soul in one direction is a tremendous man.
Thomas De Witt Talmage (1896). “The Earth Girdled: The World as Seen To-day...Embracing Scenes and Experiences Among Semi-civilized as Well as Cultured Peoples of the World”