After reading this I was left wondering if there are still people like this today? I do not deny that we do have inventors, innovators, engineers, leaders and other professionals today, but to me it seems like now people are more singular in what they excel in. Colonel Deeds, in my opinion, was adept at multiple different skill sets, the best of which was realizing when someone else was better suited to the job and then providing them with everything they needed.<p>Some further reading is available at Wikipedia : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Andrew_Deeds" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Andrew_Deeds</a>