Read the following excerpt from Up from Slavery: 'The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of race. One man may go into a community prepared to supply the people there with an analysis of Greek sentences. The community may not at the time be prepared for, or feel the need of, Greek analysis, but it may feel its need of bricks and houses and wagons. If the man can supply the need for those, then, it will lead eventually to a demand for the first product, and with the demand will come the ability to appreciate it and to profit by it.' Which of the following statements is the best application of this excerpt?

MCQs on the Common Core State Standards for 10th Grade English Language (ELA) reading and writing of both literary and informational text.