“The powerful are most respected not when they exercise
their power, but when they refrain from exercising it.”
What aspect of power engenders the greatest respect? Some would
argue that power inspires respect only by its ability to change things
or bring about results. This camp respects the powerful only when
they demonstrate their power by raising a massive army or
bestowing charity on the less fortunate. Others believe that the true
measure of power lies not in what it is used for, but in how it is
restrained. These people believe that people most respect the powerful
when they choose not to use their power, such as granting clemency
to a criminal on death row or allowing critics of the government to
speak out. However, even in these cases of restraint, it is clear that the
exercise of power is more respected because of what that restraint
implies about government power and control.
Consider first the respect people hold for the exercise of power. One of
the mightiest displays of power is the ability to protect and safeguard
people and property and this aspect of government is what many
people respect. Indeed, in Hobbes’s Leviathan, he argued that one of
the reasons people sacrifice themselves for the good of the state is to
preserve the power of the state to protect its members from outside
attacks. And one of the stated goals of the United States massive
military buildup was so that other countries would either “love us or
fear us.” Thus, it is clear that people have respect for displays of
power. Similarly, the ability of the powerful to bestow gifts of charity
on the less fortunate is also well respected. The names of
philanthropists like Carnegie and Rockefeller are held in high esteem
because they used their power to help those less fortunate than
themselves.
On the other hand, the ability to show restraint can also engender
respect. Recently, the governor of Illinois decided to commute the
death sentences of all the prisoners on death row. Such an act of
clemency brought high praise from human rights proponents around
the world. Furthermore, the fact that democratic governments allow
dissent when they could in many cases censor or squash unfavorable
opinions also lends credence to the view that restraint of power is
what people respect. For example, the arbitrary arrest and
sentencing of political dissidents in Russia has brought much
international criticism of the Kremlin, while countries that support
freedom of speech and the press are widely respected in the world.
Ultimately, after considering both sides of the issue, it must be
concluded that the exercise of power is most respected. This is because
even in cases of restraint, the entity in power is still exercising its
power. Granting clemency is possible only because the state holds the
power of life and death. Allowing dissent is exceptional only because
the government has the power to crush it. Thus, it is not the restraint
of power that people most respect, it is the exercise of it.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, however, if, similarly, so, still, thus, well, while, for example, such as, in many cases, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2553.0 2235.4752809 114% => OK
No of words: 489.0 442.535393258 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22085889571 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.70248278971 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5925889682 2.79657885939 93% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.462167689162 0.4932671777 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 756.0 704.065955056 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.1196294773 60.3974514979 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.045454545 118.986275619 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2272727273 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.31818181818 5.21951772744 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 43.0 4.97078651685 865% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 20.0 7.80617977528 256% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.395963294971 0.243740707755 162% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.12772398086 0.0831039109588 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.078246548721 0.0758088955206 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0913920428328 0.150359130593 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0856253385841 0.0667264976115 128% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 14.1392134831 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.1639044944 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.09 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 104.0 100.480337079 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.