The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.
“The surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people.”. I disagree with this statement.
The main goal of a nation, and its sole reason for existence indeed is to ensure the welfare of it’s citizens. However, the welfare of the people alone is not a sole indicator of a nation’s greatness. Take for example the nation of Bhutan. It has the highest levels of happiness in the world, according to several surveys and studies. As amazing as a nation Bhutan is, one would hardly call it ‘great’. It has minimal influence outside of its borders, with an almost non-existent ability to project cultural, economic, or military power.
Adding to that, it can be fair to say that great rulers produce times of stability and increased prosperity. This stability and prosperity that has been afforded is in the welfare of the people, and people living under such conditions will have additional time, resources and incentives to produce great art or engage in path breaking science. This sums up the United State’s absolute global domination on the sciences. A relatively prosperous population along with prudent policymaking and access to great education has over time fostered a culture geared towards innovation and entrepreneurship. This could also explain the authority that western Europe holds on art. Decades of prosperity have given the people time to appreciate things beyond that which will guarantee short term survival. This, unfortunately, is a luxury not afforded to all nations.
The average person from a nation torn up under decades of civil wars, or rapacious and pervasive corruption, with limited to no access to public services, living hand to mouth, will have no time for science or art. His or her main concern will be to ensure a steady source of food and income.
Thus, a great nation most certainly will seriously take into account the welfare of its people. However, people living in such a nation will contribute heavily to the sciences and arts and will produce cultures and mechanisms where competent future rulers can rise above the others. Thus, the end result of a great nation, its legacy left behind in science, art and history, is an excellent way to judge its greatness, or lack thereof.
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- Governments should offer college and university education free of charge to all students 70
- In any field of inquiry the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions 50
- Teachers salaries should be based on their students academic performance 79
- Governments should place few if any restrictions on scientific research and development 58
- In any field of inquiry the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contributions 50
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 94, Rule ID: ABOUT_ITS_NN[25]
Message: Did you mean 'of its citizens'?
Suggestion: of its citizens
...istence indeed is to ensure the welfare of it’s citizens. However, the welfare of the people alo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, so, thus, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 19.5258426966 51% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 33.0505617978 73% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 58.6224719101 96% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1952.0 2235.4752809 87% => OK
No of words: 387.0 442.535393258 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.04392764858 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43534841618 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76690981358 2.79657885939 99% => OK
Unique words: 216.0 215.323595506 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558139534884 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 620.1 704.065955056 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.77640449438 394% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 55.3493224891 60.3974514979 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.6 118.986275619 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.35 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.05 5.21951772744 39% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.33983060678 0.243740707755 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0977547556404 0.0831039109588 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.13664033484 0.0758088955206 180% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219859427764 0.150359130593 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.170434504649 0.0667264976115 255% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 14.1392134831 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.95 12.1639044944 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.94 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 100.480337079 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 11.8971910112 55% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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