I've got one man who'll follow me through thick and thin." The leader won't laugh at your one-man followin'.

He'll shake your hand warmly, offer to propose you for membership in his club, take you down to the corner for a drink and ask you to call again.

But go to him and say: "I took first prize at college in Aristotle; I can recite all Shakespeare forwards and backwards; there ain't nothin' in science that ain't as familiar to me as blockades on the elevated roads and I'm the real thing in the way of silver-tongued orators." What will he answer?
He'll probably say: "I guess you are not to blame for your misfortunes, but we have no use for you here.".