The perceived greatness of any political leader has more to do with the challenges faced by that leader than with any of his or her inherent skills and abilities.
People tend to regard and judge political figures not as human beings, but as ways of achieving certain goals that are higher than any one individual. It is often the case that the reputation of a political leader depends highly on his or her actions during the mandate and outside of it, which is why the challenges that politicians face, and not the skills or abilities that they posses, dictate their perceived greatness.
Despite individual characteristics, we often measure how great someone’s actions are depending on their magnitude, their impact on the present and future. Therefore, the skills or abilities that helped a politician reach a certain result fade in comparison to the consequences of the solution he came up with. If we compare two politicians with similar skills and values, the one who successfully faced greater challenges will always be the one with the greater legacy. For example, we remember Lincoln for the apparent insurmountable attempt to abolish slavery, not for what a skilled orator he was. Other politicians with great speech skills are far less renouned.
Furthermore, even when politicians, as public figures, encounter scandals that bear their name, the scandal is much more likely to be remembered by the masses than the politician’s response. For example, when Prince Charles of England was accused of adultery, the media and the general public started identifying his persona with the scandal. Few were those who were interested further in his abilities or values, and he would forever be remembered as the man who cheated on England’s sweetheart, Lady Diana. Not only does this judgement apply to scandals, but to memorable or tragic events as well. A perfect example for this is J.F. Kennedy, who is mostly remembered for his assassination, attracting the sympathy of people everywhere, despite his individual characteristics. His legacy is then a positive one, but has little to do with his inherent abilities.
There is no denying that skills and abilities are what make a person. Political leaders, through their public appearences, speeches, and actions, grow closer to audiences, offering an illusion of closeness and knowledge. The public can often read a person, no matter the circumstances they face. However, without a great cause, these are precisely the details that will not live through history, that a politician’s reputation will not bare.
Thus, the way we perceive the greatness of any political leader has more to do with the challenges they face than how they face them. Oftentimes, behavior, skills, and abilities represent just a means to an end, and without a significant situation, these elements seem to be ignored.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 87, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
...easure how great someone's actions are depending on their magnitude, their impact on the...
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Line 5, column 284, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
... accused of adultery, the media and the general public started identifying his persona with th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, so, then, therefore, thus, well, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 12.4196629213 40% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 43.0 58.6224719101 73% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2283.0 2235.4752809 102% => OK
No of words: 433.0 442.535393258 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27251732102 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56165014514 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03805685941 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 240.0 215.323595506 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.554272517321 0.4932671777 112% => OK
syllable_count: 717.3 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.7661046629 60.3974514979 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.157894737 118.986275619 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.7894736842 23.4991977007 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.94736842105 5.21951772744 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => 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: 0.352056768214 0.243740707755 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0957011867031 0.0831039109588 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.116633914484 0.0758088955206 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.190308283533 0.150359130593 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0975699532566 0.0667264976115 146% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.8 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 48.8420337079 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 12.1743820225 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.1639044944 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.25 8.38706741573 110% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 79.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.75 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.