The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Some posit that the status of a nation is reflected by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists. However, this may not be the case; a "great" nation depends on the definition that is being used. In this case, a great nation would be one that upholds the rights and protects the lives of its people. I argue that the alternate way of thinking--which focuses entirely on individual achievements--identifies an influential rather than great nation, and limits the scope by which a great nation is defined. Rather, the general welfare of the people more accurately reflects the greatness of a nation, in addition to providing evidence of high-quality rulers and scientists.
Through the welfare of the people, one can infer the aptitude of the nation's leaders. For example, the status of the United States as a generally thriving nation with many basic human rights reflects the quality of past leaders. That is, these leaders demonstrated a simultaneous insight and strength to lead. However, individual achievements of rulers do not necessarily comment on the "greatness" of a nation because they may not pertain the the welfare of the people. Nevertheless, the ways in which rulers apply their achievements to their people should be present in the welfare of the people, which indirectly reflects the "greatness" of that nation.
Furthermore, the welfare of the people within a nation should also directly pertain the the innovation by its scientists. However, individual achievements by scientists will not necessarily relate to the "greatness" of a nation because some--or perhaps all--of these innovations may not have been shared with its people. For example, the status of the United States as relatively free of measles reflects the achievements of these scientists in this area, as well as their willingness to share it freely with this nation. Nevertheless, there are other nations where such cures exist, but have not been shared with the public or are not readily available to most. Therefore, the achievements of such scientists do not necessarily reflect the greatness of that nation.
Finally, the achievements of artists do not seem to pertain to the greatness of a nation, but rather to its influential nature. A "great" nation may be forward-thinking artistically; however, this is highly dependent on one's definition of "great." The greatness of a nation should identify it as a well-rounded one that excels in all or most areas, including the welfare of its people. Therefore, while nations such as France may have been highly influential in the spread of Gothicism throughout Europe, this is only one aspect of a larger picture that defines the greatness of a nation.
The notion that the "greatness" of a nation can be revealed through the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists is quite parochial in relation to the indirect inferences that can be drawn from the general welfare of its people. While the achievements of rulers, scientists, and artists can be very telling with regards to the individual intelligence and capabilities of important figures within a nation, it is not necessarily an accurate depiction of a nation's greatness. Rather, the general welfare of the people can more accurately depict the greatness of a nation, in addition to evidencing the quality of its rulers, scientists, and perhaps artists.
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... necessarily an accurate depiction of a nations greatness. Rather, the general welfare ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, furthermore, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, therefore, well, while, for example, in addition, such as, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 14.8657303371 94% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 80.0 58.6224719101 136% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 12.9106741573 77% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2908.0 2235.4752809 130% => OK
No of words: 543.0 442.535393258 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.35543278085 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82725184711 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.48651714226 2.79657885939 125% => OK
Unique words: 204.0 215.323595506 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.375690607735 0.4932671777 76% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 894.6 704.065955056 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 13.0 4.99550561798 260% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 20.2370786517 104% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.5685925746 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 138.476190476 118.986275619 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8571428571 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.57142857143 5.21951772744 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.306753141258 0.243740707755 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.125005721752 0.0831039109588 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0647356649726 0.0758088955206 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.21759505769 0.150359130593 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0506488796047 0.0667264976115 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.7 14.1392134831 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.37 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 120.0 100.480337079 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.