The Education of Cyrus contains Xenophon’s fictional idea of the great Persian leader Cyrus. Xenophon created a guide for leaders himself and all those who followed him‚ by telling stories of Cyrus’s life and conquests. Xenophon accomplishes this goal by creating a narrative of his life and conquests laced with leadership lessons and virtuous traits. A major trait throughout Cyrus’s life is his seemingly unending generosity. Xenophon’s version of Cyrus has the young leader practicing generosity from
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The letter of Cyrus the Great concerning the Jews was a letter Cyrus wrote stating his plans of helping the Jews return to their kingdom and promising them to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. He kept his word and made sure that the temple was built and if anyone opposed he threatened them with death. Cyrus’s strategy of conquest was unique because it allowed people that he conquered to have a sense of freedom‚ even though they were being ruled over. They didn’t have to confirm to Persian culture
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4‚ 2014 Alexander or Cyrus? In our past‚ we have had many leaders. Some were better than others‚ but what must a leader do to acquire the label “great”? Of course‚ one could simply go by the definition of the word and deem the leader “above average”. Did the great ones of ancient times exceed these standards or were they just above average like a standard dictionary would have us believe. Let us focus on two “great” leaders of our past by the names of Alexander and Cyrus. Both of these kings were
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The weekend of Mar. 4 and Mar. 5 the Fight For Air Climb American Lung Association had the annual climb at the presidential towers for everyone to participate. The fight for air climb is an event to raise money for the american lung association. This event is open to the public‚ and the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department make a team to go against each other. “The Fight For Air Climb is a unique athletic and fundraising challenge that is open to all fitness levels. The American
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brave. I can’t believe that he climbed a skyscraper! I wish that I had the climbing skills that he has. It seems like Peak has been climbing his whole life‚ probably because his father‚ Josh Wood‚ is a professional climber and he taught him how to climb. Since Peak’s mother‚ Teri Marcello‚ fell of a 30 ft. wall when she was free-climbing and broke her back and shattered her hip‚ I agree with her that climbing is very dangerous. I think the relationship between Peak and his father is interesting
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The reason people climb Mount Everest is a mixture of things but mainly to accomplish something inside yourself. If you are an avid climber and that’s your passion but there are other feelings that come along with it such as feeling powerful when you finally reach your goal of the summit or the thrill of almost dieing or the adrenaline that comes with helping or saving someone else’s life. It’s simply because it’s dangerous and human beings can’t stay away from something that is dangerous‚ it is
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Cyrus McCormick: Inventor of the Year 1831 Have you ever thought of where your produce comes from? If you have‚ then you’ve probably thought of the supermarket‚ or more logically‚ a farm. In a barnyard they have all these different kinds of animals; cattle‚ pigs‚ chickens‚ maybe even horses. The farmer always takes good care of his animals‚ but what about all the other stuff‚ like his crops? Crops are one of the most important things on a farm. They need to be tended and cared for‚ like the
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Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla is an Indian entrepreneur who has a net worth of $4.9 billion. Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla has accumulated his fortune as the Chairman of Poonawalla‚ which is the world’s largest producer of vaccines. It produces more than one billion doses annually through an Indian bio-tech company called Serum Institute of India. The group saw an almost 50% jump in revenues last fiscal year on higher sales of specific vaccines that were used in Africa or were part of India’s immunization system
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People should be allowed to climb Mountain Everest because for some mountaineers it is a lifelong dream and makes them wiser. They should also be able to climb Mountain Everest because it can be done for a charity and will help people who need alleviation in the end. Finally‚ people should be able to climb Mount Everest because it gives the Nepali government money. Climbing Everest is a lifelong dream for so many people because it is incredibly alluring! Mountain Everest is the tallest mountain
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The Dateline video on Julia Butterfly‚ Out On a Limb‚ was my favorite of the three videos this week. I liked the theme that one women could make so much of a change. She was risking her life because she thought it was the only way people would notice what was happening in the Redwood forest‚ she wasn’t wrong. I didn’t actually know that only 3% of the virgin redwood forest remains‚ most likely less than that now. If she protested on the ground‚ they would have chopped down the trees‚ including the
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