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issue 48："The study of history places too much emphasis on individuals. The most significant events and trends in history were made possible not by the famous few, but by groups of people whose identities have long been forgotten."

I agree with the statement that maybe it should due to groups of people whose identities were forgotten rather than few famous human who made the most significant events and trends in history, however, I think the assertion that the study of history pays too much attention on individuals is suspicious.

On one hand, the study of history shows that the famous few get much emphasis. As we know, it is not enough to accomplish a great mission just by individuals, for individual just one tiny part of the world and he or she could not deal with everything he or she faced. Nevertheless, as all kinds of media, for example, newspaper, magazine, television, internet and so forth, only spread out the great of heroes rather than all the people who finished lots of work accompany with these heroes. Take William Henry Gates and Paul Allen as an example, these two people are well-known the world over who set up a company--Microsoft. Even today, the company, Microsoft, is impacting the lives of everyone and the shift of the world by making all kinds of software. For an extraordinary amount of unbalanced information were often offered by the study of history, a great number of people all over the world just know about Gates and Allen rather than others. Although we could get an extraordinary amount of information about Gates and Allen on the Internet, little we could gain about other people, for instance, researchers, workers and so on. How the world will be, if there was not anyone help Gates and Allen to realize their ideal? Is there still Microsoft, and is there still Windows XP?

On the other hand, the emphasis placed by the study of history is not excessive. It is necessary to emphasize the importance of the famous few, indeed. In common sense, it is right that there should be a leader who lead his group member to accomplish the goals together. What is more, sometimes, leaders are often the key roles in history, for they can make decisions at last and so on. John Pierpont Morgan, the leader of Wall Street, is a vivid example. He at one time was the most powerful businessman who controlled lots of companies and led other businessmen. So, when the financial crisis happened to in the Wall Street in 1907, he led other businessmen dealt with it. Without Morgan, the Wall Street would disappear many years ago.

Finally, in fact, both the famous few and groups of people acted the key roles in history. The society we are living in today is created by the famous few and groups of people together, for all of them have their own role respectively. As a famous economist, Adam Smith, once put it:" The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labor, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which it is anywhere directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labor.” So, everyone is important to our society, for their own jobs impacted the development.

To sum up, we should not think that the study of history pays too much attention on the famous few. In my opinion, everyone acts on the improvement of society in different ways. It is wrong to say that either individuals or groups of people who promoted the development of society, rather than all of them created the world together.

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