Sunday, September 1, 2013

Power Corrupts

This week we learnt about how Hashem told Shlomo he could have everything he wanted. Shlomo asked for the wisdom to tell the difference between good and bad. Hashem gave him wealth, power, and wisdom. Hashem was giving Shlomo a similar test to the one he gave Adam and Chava in Gan Eden. Shlomo quickly failed the test by becoming corrupt and had to many wives, horses, and treasure.

Napoleon thought of himself as all powerful. He wanted to rule all of Europe. He kept trying to take over different countries in Europe. When he tried to conquer Russia he lost half his army. But he would not stop there. He thought he should rule Europe and had the power to do it. He came back and tried to defeat the Purssain army, which ended in defeat and Napoleon's exile.    

 

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