The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you t

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The greatness of individuals can be decided only by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

It is a matter of the common knowledge, that for a large number of individuals, be it thinkers, artists, writers, scientists, leaders, etc the recognition in the public eye has only come after their deaths.
While many, whose contributions are currently considered neglegable were lionized during their life. This discrepency has led to a claim that the gretness of individuals can only be decided

by the next generations, rather than the person's contemporaries. The supporters of this claim would argue that people
who come after tend to have better access to information, as well as a more unbiased outlook, while others disagree citing what they believe there to be numerous exceptions to this claim.

On one hand, it is true, that bias, at least unconscious an one often is often present in regards to contemporaries,
and the current political or socio-economic situation can taint the subject of evaluation in a good or a bad light. The delay in the spread of information might have also contributed to many people getting the world's attention long time after there deaths.

On the other hand, while the lack of information and existence of bias towards the individual, while closely correlated with closeness in time (and location), this correlation has exceptions. The history calls many people great, who were already acknowledged during their time. Many great kings, thinkers, innovators, musicians etc were celebrated for their greatness in their lives.

It is also important to consider that we live in the 21st century, an age of instant global communication, and consequently feedback. This means that the pool of evaluators is more diverse, multicultural, less biased, and most importantly well informed than ever. This diminishes the importance of passage of time for most cases. And while there are definitely cases where the correct judgment is only made after a person's death, be it a formula that was overlooked during the researcher's life, a work of art that never reached publication, I would say that they are more of the exceptions rather than the rule.

In conclusion, I would say, that while the given statement might have held true in the past, the times are changing, and in the modern digital world the multicultural, international society is able to make much more unbiased evaluations of their contemporaries, and while there are still a large number of cases of inherent biases forcing us mistakenly evaluate people, their number is likely to decrease.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 50, Rule ID: LARGE_NUMBER_OF[1]
Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: By
...s of individuals can only be decided by the next generations, rather than the p...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... this claim. On one hand, it is true, that bias, at least unconscious an one o...
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Line 7, column 59, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
... true, that bias, at least unconscious an one often is often present in regards t...
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Line 7, column 66, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[5]
Message: The adverb 'often' is usually put after the verb 'is'.
Suggestion: is often
... that bias, at least unconscious an one often is often present in regards to contemporar...
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Line 7, column 89, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
...conscious an one often is often present in regards to contemporaries, and the current polit...
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...en present in regards to contemporaries, and the current political or socio-econo...
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Line 8, column 211, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'worlds'' or 'world's'?
Suggestion: worlds'; world's
... contributed to many people getting the worlds attention long time after there deaths....
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Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
...e correct judgment is only made after a persons death, be it a formula that was overloo...
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Suggestion: researchers'; researcher's
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Message: Specify a number, remove phrase, or simply use 'many' or 'numerous'
Suggestion: many; numerous
...ntemporaries, and while there are still a large number of cases of inherent biases forcing us mis...
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...nt biases forcing us mistakenly evaluate people, their number is likely to decrea...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, if, look, so, still, well, while, as to, at least, in conclusion, as well as, it is true, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 33.0505617978 103% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 58.6224719101 85% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2101.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 404.0 442.535393258 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.2004950495 5.05705443957 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.48327461151 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9983687932 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 221.0 215.323595506 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.54702970297 0.4932671777 111% => OK
syllable_count: 652.5 704.065955056 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 20.2370786517 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 28.0 23.0359550562 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 88.5879304904 60.3974514979 147% => OK
Chars per sentence: 150.071428571 118.986275619 126% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.8571428571 23.4991977007 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.42857142857 5.21951772744 181% => OK
Paragraphs: 9.0 4.97078651685 181% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 12.0 7.80617977528 154% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.141413463973 0.243740707755 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0513881907876 0.0831039109588 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0391812380993 0.0758088955206 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0610990097848 0.150359130593 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0333129815087 0.0667264976115 50% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.5 14.1392134831 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.06 48.8420337079 88% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.47 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 101.0 100.480337079 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 11.2143820225 118% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.

Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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