Source: Wall Street Journal. (edited)
Harry Truman was a small town man whose career had been sponsored by a corrupt political boss.
Then he was carelessly elevated to a senior role by Frank Roosevelt. And, yet as the sponsor of the Marshall Plan and the policy of containment, he did done great things.
Peggy Noonan concludes that:
People can come from nowhere, with modest backgrounds and short résumés, and yet be individuals of real gifts.... that are suddenly revealed.You have to give people time to show what they have. Because maybe they have magic too.
