In the poem‚ Whitman describes various people suffering horrible misery in different forms. However‚ as he describes them‚ he doesn’t judge‚ get involved‚ make commentary‚ or pass some sort of overall moral or lesson to be learned. This is what he means when he says he is "silent". He simply opens a window for everyone to see what he sees‚ and lets the reader make their own interpretations and judgments. For example‚ he describes the misery that exists‚ "the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited
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Austria had dominated Germany‚ Britain would have been less aggressive‚ because Austria would have been perceived to be less of a threat in Europe. World Wars I and II would not have happened; and without the traumas of World War I the communist autocracy in Russia who not have bowed down under a collectivist regime. A final point worth noting is that Bismarck might have lost office (if Austria had won); and he would not then have been viewed as the greatest political figure of the 19th Century bar
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insights into their management styles. Apple has become very successful with an autocratic system under Steve Jobs‚ Google is very good to its employees as it uses a participative management style‚ and Semco has totally redesigned its old techniques of autocracy to allow for a completely democratic‚ participatory‚ circular management system. These companies are very successful‚ so obviously‚ all of their styles have some merit; however‚ it is clearly ideal to have a certain amount of participation in a management
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To what extent was the course of Germany 1900-1914 dictated by the personality of the Kaiser? During the years 1900 and 1914 the position of the Kaiser as the head of the German state was clear. However his power and authority was challenged due to heavy influence from the Chancellor. In addition to a range of demands for social reform from the growth of socialist parties and pressure groups. Wilhelm’s believe that ‘There is only one man in charge of the Reich and I will not tolerate another’ is
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on whom he was with at the time. Nurtured in the free-thinking atmosphere of the court of Catherine‚ he had followed the principles of Rousseau’s gospel of humanity from his Swiss tutor‚ Frédéric-César de La Harpe‚ and the traditions of Russian autocracy from his military governor‚ Nikolay Saltykov. Young Alexander sympathized with French and Polish revolutionaries‚ however‚ his father seemed to have taught him to combine a theoretical love of mankind with a practical contempt for men. These contradictory
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Is India a functional democracy? - Against As stated by late Winston Churchill‚ “Majority is not always right‚ it’s just powerful.” Since India’s independence in 1947‚ the country has seen successive populist governments‚ each coming to power with hollow promises of socioeconomic welfare. It was soon that the oppressed and poor population of the country discovered that they can vote themselves the largesse of public treasury given in the forms of subsidies‚ concessions‚ and other indirect freebies
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On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918‚ the Great War ended. Germany‚ lacking the supplies‚ firepower‚ support back home‚ support from their allies‚ and facing invasion‚ signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. This brought to end the war which had left nine million soldiers dead‚ and twenty one million wounded. In addition to this approximately five million civilians had been killed by either disease or starvation. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles occurred on June
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had supposedly appointed Nicholas to rule an empire covering about one-sixth of the earth’s land area. In 1894‚ Russia was at peace. Foreign investors promoted its industrialization. Russia was ranked among the world’s greatest powers under the autocracy of the Romanovs. Although well intentioned‚ Nicholas was a weak ruler‚ out of touch with his people‚ easily dominated by others and a firm believer in the autocratic principles taught him by his father. He ruled Russia as an autocrat. Propaganda
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The Best Way to Govern All eight documents describe the proper way for a ruler to govern their country‚ whether the power is held through religion‚ the power is shared by the people and the ruler has control of everything‚ or the ruler is responsible for the people and should govern with fairness. From the first document written in the 200’s BCE to the last document written in 1938‚ most sources agree with two main ways of governing a society; power should either be shared by the people and the
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government and ideology in which all social‚ political‚ economic‚ intellectual‚ cultural and spiritual activities are subordinated to the purpose of the rules of the rulers of a state. Several important features distinguish totalitarianism‚ a form of autocracy peculiar to the 20th century‚ from suck order forms as despotism‚ absolutism‚ and tyranny. In the older forms of totalitarianism‚ people could work and live on their own as long as they didn’t try to enter the political state of the society in any
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