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1、BookTest#4:Section1SampleEssay-Scoreof6Thepowerofsuccesscanbedisastrouswhenplacedinthewronghands.Naturally,therearethosewhowillalwayschoosetomanipulateconditionstosucceedintheirownendeavors,nottakingintoconsiderationthelivesofthosearoundthem.Ontheotherhand,t
2、heremaybethosewhodonotnecessarilypursueselfishends,butsimplydonotknowwheretotakesuccessonceithasbeenachieved,thusresultingintheirownself-sabotage.Throughouthistory,wehaveseensuccessusedwrongfullyinthehandsoftheunworthy.Powerfulleadersofnations,kingdoms,andem
3、pires,havingsucceededingainingleadership,havethenusedtheirinfluencewrongfullyinachievingtheirownselfish(andsometimestwisted)goals.Nero,theRomanemperorwhobeathispregnantwifetodeathandhasbeensuspectedofinstigatingthegreatfireofRomeinanattempttoboosthisownpolit
4、icalinfluence.HenryVIIIofEngland,forwhomwomenwerebeheadedfornotbearinghimason,andwhoisrumoredtohaveeateneightchickensanightwhileEnglishpeasantsstarved.ThenotoriousFerdinandandIsabellaofSpain,whocarriedouttheSpanishInquisition.Thelistisendless.Eveninliteratur
5、e,weseethecorruptionanddownfallofsocietyandmankindasawholeasaresultoftheabuseofsuccessinthepossessionofthosewhodonotdeserveit,asseeninWilliamShakespeare’stragedyofKingLear.Inthestory,societalorderisreplacedwithchaoswhenthereisapowershiftfromLeartohisevildaug
6、hters,ReganandGoneril.Thisorderonlyreturnstoaslightdegreewhenvirtue(intheformofLear’sgooddaughter,Cordelia)returnstoEngland.Successishazardouswhenawardedtotheunvirtuous.However,theremaybethosewhoarenotnecessarilyevilofgreedyintheirpursuits,butmerelydonotknow
7、howtohandlesuccess.Thisprovestobejustmoredisastroustotheindividualthantoanyoneelse,sinceitistheindividualwhowillthensabotagehisownsuccesstoreturntohisformercomfortzone.Successismeanttobegrownupon,notexploitedorfeared.Success,whenachievedbytheunworthyorinexpe
8、rienced,isamostdisastrouselement.Successisnotaboutbeinghappyattheexpenseofthoseaboutyou–itisaboutusingone’snewlygainedhappinesstoimprovethelivesofothers.IfonereflectsonthewisewordsofRalphWaldoEm
