Between the peace and progress of the regime of Porfirianism and the clamor of the Revolution, two generations of exceptional Mexicans surfaced, headed by Alfonso Caso, José Vasconcelos, Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Alfonso Reyes, Vicente Lombardo, Daniel Cosio Villegas and Manuel Gómez Morín. Their determination to 'do something' for Mexico led them to create institutions like the Secretariat of Public Education or the Bank of Mexico. This, however, did not stop them from becoming harsh critics of the Revolution's regime or opposing its politics. In more than one sense, one would not be able to explain the Mexico of today without mentioning the contributions of these seven masters.—Clío TV