Mistakes In Lost Cities, Lost Treasures

When deciding whether or not mistakes are a part to making discoveries, the sides are pretty evened out. But with this essay, the siding is that mistakes are a key part to making discoveries. Let’s get into it. First off, we have an example of the argument. In the article Lost Cities, Lost Treasures, there is a scholar and businessman known as Heinrich Schliemann. Heinrich is searching for the lost city of Troy. He comes upon a man who owns a presumed site, named Frank Calvert, who is modest and a quiet discoverer. Frank does not have enough money to fund excavation, so when Heinrich strikes the plan, he agrees. As Heinrich’s crew digs down, they find many treasures. Although after, many people say that if they hadn’t digged as deep as they did, they would have found the actually city’s treasures. That is how even though they lost the main city, they still discovered some ancient treasures. Now we have a second sample, shown in How a Melted Bar of Chocolate Changed Our Kitchens. A man named Percy Spencer was a tinkerer who was born in Howland, Maine in 1894. When he turned 16, he was hired to a full time job at a machine shop. He then later joined the Navy as a telegraph operator. As he went through his
In this article, they list different quotes from different people. Samuel Smiles, a 19th century Scottish author says, “We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.” His words are true in the way that most of the time, people make mistakes before big discoveries, while people who make 0 mistakes, make 0 discoveries. Martin Tupper, 19th century English writer, says, “Error is a hardy plant, it flourisheth in every soil.” He’s right. No matter where you look, you will see mistakes and error, just like you can find plants in a lot of