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1、BookTest#4:Section1SampleEssay-Scoreof6Thepowerofsuccesscanbedisastrouswhenplacedinthewronghands.Naturally,therearethosewhowillalwayschoosetomanipulateconditionstosucceedintheirownendeavors,nottakingintoconsiderationthelivesofthosearoundthem.Ontheotherhand,theremaybethosewhodonotnecessarilypursue
2、selfishends,butsimplydonotknowwheretotakesuccessonceithasbeenachieved,thusresultingintheirownself-sabotage.Throughouthistory,wehaveseensuccessusedwrongfullyinthehandsoftheunworthy.Powerfulleadersofnations,kingdoms,andempires,havingsucceededingainingleadership,havethenusedtheirinfluencewrongfullyi
3、nachievingtheirownselfish(andsometimestwisted)goals.Nero,theRomanemperorwhobeathispregnantwifetodeathandhasbeensuspectedofinstigatingthegreatfireofRomeinanattempttoboosthisownpoliticalinfluence.HenryVIIIofEngland,forwhomwomenwerebeheadedfornotbearinghimason,andwhoisrumoredtohaveeateneightchickens
4、anightwhileEnglishpeasantsstarved.ThenotoriousFerdinandandIsabellaofSpain,whocarriedouttheSpanishInquisition.Thelistisendless.Eveninliterature,weseethecorruptionanddownfallofsocietyandmankindasawholeasaresultoftheabuseofsuccessinthepossessionofthosewhodonotdeserveit,asseeninWilliamShakespeare’str
5、agedyofKingLear.Inthestory,societalorderisreplacedwithchaoswhenthereisapowershiftfromLeartohisevildaughters,ReganandGoneril.Thisorderonlyreturnstoaslightdegreewhenvirtue(intheformofLear’sgooddaughter,Cordelia)returnstoEngland.Successishazardouswhenawardedtotheunvirtuous.However,theremaybethosewho
6、arenotnecessarilyevilofgreedyintheirpursuits,butmerelydonotknowhowtohandlesuccess.Thisprovestobejustmoredisastroustotheindividualthantoanyoneelse,sinceitistheindividualwhowillthensabotagehisownsuccesstoreturntohisformercomfortzone.Successismeanttobegrownupon,notexploitedorfeared.Success,whenachie
7、vedbytheunworthyorinexperienced,isamostdisastrouselement.Successisnotaboutbeinghappyattheexpenseofthoseaboutyou–itisaboutusingone’snewlygainedhappinesstoimprovethelivesofothers.IfonereflectsonthewisewordsofRalphWaldoEm