In the multitude cases of the biographies that may be written today there are no illustrous men and no refined women in great positions of power and prestige worthy of consideration. On the contrary the basest and most vulgar among us are often the most adulated by virtue of their calloused and mean temperament.
These are the dark ages that we have long feared. Those who are distinguished by leadership provide nothing of merit save the embellishment of their own skins.
Unfortunately, and to all of our detriment, you’re spot on.