When questioned about his long‚ unsuccessful endeavor to create a lightbulb‚ Thomas Edison replied‚ “I have not failed 1‚000 times. I have successfully discovered 1‚000 ways to not make a light bulb.” A great leader isn’t defined by accomplishments (although it definitely plays a role); they are defined by how they can learn and improve from failure. In truly successful leaders‚ I noticed that each had learned from past adversities or mistakes. Henry Ford‚ Fred Smith‚ and Bill Gates have all faced
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The war was thought to be brief ‚ however as Germany attempted to attack France‚ France tricked Germany in the Marne river‚ causing the Schlieffen plan to fail‚ elongating the war. The war consisted of volunteer troops whom thought they would fight for a brief amount of time‚ but as the Allied Powers and Central Powers came to action war broke out for years. When the war continued more men volunteered‚ because as the government promoted “ Military service was seen as a duty not an option”(pg 661)
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middlebury.edu/~harris/ Accessed March 6‚ 2004. Harris‚ William. Online. "Plato - Mathematics and the Liberal Arts" http://math.truman.edu/~thammond/history/Plato Accessed March 6‚ 2004. No Author. Online. "The Mathematics Of Plato ’s Academy: A New Reconstruction" http://www.maa.org/reviews/mpa Accessed March 6‚ 2004. Gauvea‚ Fernando. Online
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In what ways did the causes of the Second World War differ from the causes of the First World War? The First World War (1914-1918) was the deadliest‚ most destructive war that had occurred in history up to that time; it was of a scale unknown to previous generations. Nonetheless‚ the Second World War (1939-1945) proved to be by far deadlier than the First One. Both World War I and World War II were total wars fought between the major industrial nations and their empires and both were wars of attrition
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of the period that Marlowe is writing in‚ when people did have quite ’humanist’ views and were hostile towards the Catholic Church because of the lies that they had been telling.The main theme of anti-Catholicism is Dr. Faustus’ rejection of God. For a sixteenth century audience to watch someone reject God and sell their soul to the devil is the most anti-religious thing that they could do. They most probably would have been petrified of what the consequences of his actions would be. Yet‚ at the
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In what ways did the causes of the Second World War differ from the causes of the First World War? The causes of World War One and World War Two shared both differences and similarities‚ but overall there were more differences between the two. The social‚ political‚ and economic circumstances of the times varied‚ though at times correlated with each other‚ but there are extreme differences that help create a different atmosphere for each war. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ on the 28th
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world‚ and in the different countries people will give you different answers to what they consider wealth to be if you ask them. It all depends on where they are‚ what they have‚ how they grew up and what they grew up with‚ and what they’ve been taught. The lower class view wealth as something they don’t have much of. Some people in this category live in poverty and have a low amount of money‚ goods‚ and supplies. What little they do get they have to use carefully and only on things they really need
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To what extent was Austria responsible for the failure of Italian revolutionaries in the years 1820-49? Austria had a massive empire in the early 19th century‚ Italy only being a small part. The 1815 Congress of Vienna had given Austria direct control over Lombardy and Venetia‚ and had also put an Austrian family in charge of ruling smaller duchies such as Parma and Modena. As such‚ Austria had dominating control over a lot of Italy. However‚ this was not the only reason why Italian revolutionaries
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break down in our system. In brief‚ the campaign was a failure. It was a failure as we did not successfully push through the Turkish lines to Istanbul‚ and then on to attack the Germans on another front to help the Russians who were suffering heavy causualties at the time. So‚ heres why we retreated: * Second thoughts in Parliament: worth the casualties??? * Supply lines were not working. Men did not get enough stuff * No one knew how to do an amphibious assault: we just rowed to
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assassinated by nationalist Gavvillo Princip from Serbia. One month later Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Europe was divided in to two armed powers. One side known as The Triple Alliance and the other known as The Triple Entente. Soon after the news had spread country across Europe began to choose sides between both powers. Later on the triple alliance became known as the Central Powers and the triple entente became known as The Allied Forces. Many different aspects were used to make this World
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