And because of his impression of the young man, he sold his large block of stock, which proved a good decision. Dr. J. C. Cain of the Mayo Clinic, when selecting the young medical men to be trained at Mayo had difficulty because of the exceptionally high caliber of all the applicants. All had excellent grades, fine discipline, high motivation, and good work habits. Our heroes tell us much about our value structure. Those who have no heroes have not yet identified their highest ideals.
Heroes are the guiding stars in our earthly firmament.
Heroes not only inspire us, but they prove the greatness of which the human spirit is capable. In looking up, we are drawn up. Researchers for the World Almanac and Book of Facts asked 2,000 American eighth-grade students to name prominent people they admired and wanted to be like. Those most frequently mentioned by the teens, as their heroes were sports celebrities and movie stars. Commenting on this, columnist Sidney J. Harris lamented the fact that every one of the 30 prominent personalities who were named was either an entertainer or an athlete.