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Tolstoy, Carlyle and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Tolstoy, Carlyle and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

According to Leo Tolstoy, history shapes and determines leaders. In simple terms Tolstoy believed that a combination of several individual decisions, actions and coincidences impact the course of events where one particular man’s actions stand out. Providence allows a single individual to take charge and assume leadership. Contrary to Tolstoy’s theory Thomas Carlyle contended that […]

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