'Moderation in all things' is ill-considered advice. Rather, one should say, 'Moderation in most
things,' since many areas of human concern require or at least profit from intense focus'
Should we strive for moderation in all things, as the adage suggests? I tend to agree with the
speaker that worthwhile endeavors sometimes require, or at least call for, intense focus at the
expense of moderation.
The virtues of moderation are undeniable. Moderation in all things affords us the time and
energy to sample more of what life and the world have to offer. In contrast, lack of moderation
leads to a life out of balance. As a society we are slowly coming to realize what many astute
psychologists and medical practitioners have known all along: we are at our best as humans
only when we strike a proper balance between the mind, body, and spirit. The call for a
balanced life is essentially a call for moderation in all things.
For instance, while moderate exercise improves our health and sense of well-being, over
exercise and intense exercise can cause injury or psychological burnout, either of which defeat
our purpose by requiring us to discontinue exercise altogether. Lack of moderation in diet can
cause obesity at one extreme or anorexia at the other, either of which endangers one's health,
and even life. And when it comes to potentially addictive substances--alcohol, tobacco, and the
like--the deleterious effects of over-consumption are clear enough.
The virtues of moderation apply to work as well. Stress associated with a high-pressure job
increases one's vulnerability to heart disease and other physical disorders. And overwork can
result in psychological burnout, thereby jeopardizing one's job and career. Overwork can even
kill, as demonstrated by the alarmingly high death rate among young Japanese men, many of
whom work 100 or more hours each week.
Having acknowledged the wisdom of the old adage, I nevertheless agree that under some
circumstances, and for some people, abandoning moderation might be well justified. Query
how many of the world's great artistic creations--in the visual arts, music, and even
literature--would have come to fruition without intense, focused efforts on the part of their
creators. Creative work necessarily involves a large measure of intense focus--a
single-minded, obsessive pursuit of aesthetic perfection.
Or, consider athletic performance. Admittedly, intensity can be counterproductive when it
results in burnout or injury. Yet who could disagree that a great athletic performance
necessarily requires great focus and intensity--both in preparation and in the performance
itself?. In short, when it comes to athletics, moderation breeds mediocrity, while intensity
breeds excellence and victory. Finally, consider the increasingly competitive world of business.
An intense, focused company-wide effort is sometimes needed to ensure a company's
competitiveness, and even survival. This is particularly true in today's technology-driven
industries where keeping up with frantic pace of change is essential for almost any high-tech
finn's survival.
In sum, the old adage amounts to sound advice for most people under most circumstances.
Nevertheless, when it comes to creative accomplishment, and to competitive success in areas
such as athletics and business, I agree with the speaker that abandoning or suspending
moderation is often appropriate, and sometimes necessary, in the interest o f achieving
worthwhile goals.
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Discourse Markers used:
['finally', 'if', 'nevertheless', 'so', 'well', 'while', 'at least', 'for instance', 'in contrast', 'in short', 'such as']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.252577319588 0.240241500013 105% => OK
Verbs: 0.106529209622 0.157235817809 68% => OK
Adjectives: 0.116838487973 0.0880659088768 133% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0481099656357 0.0497285424764 97% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0309278350515 0.0444667217837 70% => OK
Prepositions: 0.123711340206 0.12292977631 101% => OK
Participles: 0.0223367697595 0.0406280797675 55% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.35732281858 2.79330140395 120% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0257731958763 0.030933414821 83% => OK
Particles: 0.00171821305842 0.0016655270985 103% => OK
Determiners: 0.0790378006873 0.0997080785238 79% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0154639175258 0.0249443105267 62% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0240549828179 0.0148568991511 162% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3327.0 2732.02544248 122% => OK
No of words: 505.0 452.878318584 112% => OK
Chars per words: 6.58811881188 6.0361032391 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74048574033 4.58838876751 103% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.413861386139 0.366273622748 113% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.336633663366 0.280924506359 120% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.257425742574 0.200843997647 128% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.186138613861 0.132149295362 141% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.35732281858 2.79330140395 120% => OK
Unique words: 284.0 219.290929204 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.562376237624 0.48968727796 115% => OK
Word variations: 70.3808498841 55.4138127331 127% => OK
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6194690265 126% => OK
Sentence length: 19.4230769231 23.380412469 83% => OK
Sentence length SD: 62.5335412957 59.4972553346 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.961538462 141.124799967 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4230769231 23.380412469 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.423076923077 0.674092028746 63% => OK
Paragraphs: 38.0 4.94800884956 768% => There are something wrong with the essay format.
Language errors: 4.0 5.21349557522 77% => OK
Readability: 53.0864432597 51.4728631049 103% => OK
Elegance: 2.14814814815 1.64882698954 130% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16980008768 0.391690518653 43% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0775572976424 0.123202303941 63% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0526304929892 0.077325440228 68% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.759208481937 0.547984918172 139% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.247674220921 0.149214159877 166% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0694058011246 0.161403998019 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0427989740278 0.0892212321368 48% => The sentences are too close to each other.
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.0827956095828 0.385218514788 21% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.073778871145 0.0692045440612 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0586346363528 0.275328986314 21% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0446031366754 0.0653680567796 68% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.4325221239 144% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.30420353982 113% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88274336283 102% => OK
Positive topic words: 6.0 7.22455752212 83% => OK
Negative topic words: 3.0 3.66592920354 82% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.70907079646 74% => OK
Total topic words: 11.0 13.5995575221 81% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.