Forty years ago, I did not so much as dream of ever holding an elective office at the hands of my fellow citizens. It is not implied in this that I was working blindly without an objective. Others were working with me whose wishes and demands modified and enriched my objective. There is no such thing as a self-made man. Robinson Crusoe, had he failed to discover Friday and had remained alone on the island, might have become a self-made creature, not a man.
Man is a social being.
In the pages that follow I recognize this truth.