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TOPIC: ISSUE170 - "The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but the general welfare of all its people."
When reading history books, the content is always about the achievement by some famous persons, such as scientists, rulers and artists. However, when consider whether this dynasty is great, the general welfare should be paid more attention. I agree so forth with the claim that it is the all national citizens’ welfare that decided the extent of a nation of its achievements. Furthermore, a great nation creates circumstance for excellent people to create more masterpieces which is significant to reflect a nation's great.
To begin with, the basic and finally goal of a country is to make its nationalities have a happy and wealthy life. In history, the famous kings have a common characteristic that they focus on the life of all persons in their country. As a result, they made up lots of laws and policies which are helpful to make people's life better. The England Queen Elisabeth is a good example. When she charged the England, argued for peace and took methods to solve the conflict with Italy without war won a wonderful fame for her. Besides, the economic growth sparkly and the quality of life increased as well. The proof that the earth is round rather than square is also found in this time. There is no doubt that England is a great nation in that period.
People is the main body of a nation, when most people are not satisfied with their lives, the country will be in danger to go on its control rather than talk about great. The fate of the Qing dynasty is doomed. Because of the poor life, uncountable tax and work, the welfare of people is pale. Even though, in this country there are many achievements, such as the Great Wall, the first King of China, it is still in doubt whether this nation is great for the reason that these achievement are built on the basis of civilization's life and happy lives.
In addition, only in a peaceful circumstance, the artists, scientists and other talents will create more great works. Surviving is the basic requirement for a person, only when the life has a protect, people have the condition to create some other thing to pull the improvement of the society. In the War, the great philosophies Archimedes, who is also a great scientist, mathematic and astronomer
, lost his life. We cannot count how many significant discoveries he will find if he was still alive. It is obvious that many geniuses lost their lives and had to give up their talent in order to survive in the Second World War. On the other hand, in the peaceful land, people try their best to improve their quality of life both the object and the mental. For example, there were many outstanding poets in Tang Dynasty which is peaceful and blooming.
To conclusion, a standard for a nation's great is the general welfare of all its people and the achievements by rulers, artists and scientists are its markers. |
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