“Everything starts from a small thing.” This is the famous saying of the wise King Solomon. The story "The Bucket of Modena" is the most representative example of this famous saying. In 1005, several soldiers from the Modena Federation took this famous bucket to a country under the Bologna Kingdom. This was actually a trivial matter, but it became the trigger for a war that lasted for more than ten years.
The Crimean War involving many countries was also triggered by a small incident. There is a shrine in the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. At that time, Turkey claimed that it belonged to its own Christian church and put the shrine in a box and locked it without authorization. Unexpectedly, Turkey's behavior angered the Greek monarchs and people. They asked Turkey to hand over the keys to the box, but Turkey refused to hand over the keys. As a result, the two sides started a battle. Later, France, the representative of the Latin Church, and Russia, the protectorate of Greece, also participated, and the problem became more and more complicated. Russia ordered Turkey to compensate the Greek church, but Turkey refused to comply. Since Britain has always been Turkey's defender, there is no reason not to join Turkey and fight against France and Russia with its allies. In this way, disputes caused by a key intensified, eventually causing huge casualties and property losses.
A few glasses of wine overturned a powerful dynasty and rewrote the history of France. At that time, the heir to the French throne, the Duke of Orleans, had a high prestige. One day, he went to a friend to attend a banquet. The Duke of Orleans was in high spirits at the wine table, and with the urging of his friends, he drank a few more drinks. After the banquet, he called a carriage and prepared to leave. However, the moment he stepped onto the carriage, the horse was suddenly frightened and suddenly raised its front hooves, knocking him headfirst onto the pavement and he passed out. If it hadn't been for those few glasses of wine, he might have grabbed the railing on the carriage in a hurry to prevent himself from being thrown out. Or, even if he was thrown out, he wouldn't have passed out and might have woken up. However, he never woke up. It was these few glasses of wine that caused him to lose the title of heir to the throne, caused his family to be exiled to a foreign land, and all the family's huge property was confiscated.
One morning about half a century ago, a messenger delivered a letter to the proprietress of a country inn. The proprietress took the letter, read it carefully, and returned it intact. He gave it to the courier and said that he could not afford the expensive two shillings for postage. At this time, a guest in the inn happened to come over. Hearing what the landlady said, he insisted on paying the postage for her, but the landlady refused. After the messenger went away, the landlady told the customer the truth. It turned out that there was nothing in the letter at all. It was an agreement made by the landlady and her brother a long time ago. As long as they made some special marks on the envelope when writing the letter, they would understand that the other person was doing well, which would save them a lot of trouble. Expensive postage, but also free from worries. After hearing the whole story, the guest immediately made an important decision - to reform the postal system and reduce postage rates. In fact, this guest was the famous Congressman Roland Hill at the time. One small thing saved thousands of poor British people from the pain of lovesickness. Its power cannot be ignored!
When it comes to joining the army, General Grant always expresses his gratitude to his mother for letting him borrow butter. He said that if his mother had not asked him to borrow butter from a neighbor that day, , he would not have learned about West Point Military Academy’s enrollment information on the way, he would not have applied for a spot at West Point Military Academy halfway, and he would not have the opportunity to receive formal military education, let alone display his talents in the national crisis. Opportunities, of course, what he has today, and the presidency are out of the question.
Many major discoveries in the world originated from a small incident. For example, the ruins of the ancient city of Herculaneum were accidentally discovered by a miner while digging a well; the Madeira Islands were discovered due to a wrong sailing adventure.
There are also many unexpected little things that happen to humans. A 10-year-old boy in Chicago accidentally cut his finger while peeling an apple, and died of tetanus a few days later; in Los Angeles, a man jumped out of bed and stepped on a nail, which penetrated He was injured on the soles of his feet, and 10 days later, the man died early due to ineffective treatment.
One of the most difficult diseases for humans to overcome so far is blood poisoning, but the way of contracting the virus seems to be quite different.
After a person was scratched by a sharp paper edge while folding paper, toxins took advantage of this small wound and made the person stop breathing quickly; a person who loved cleanliness accidentally cut his nails once. The tender flesh inside his nails fell off, and he died unjustly a week later.
A man rushed to work against the wind. Because he was pressed for time, he did not pay attention to a small speck of dust that fell into his eyes. A few days later, when he felt uncomfortable and went to see a doctor, he went to work. Knowing it was too late, half of his face was swollen, the toxins attacked, and he died three days later. There is a Frenchman who will turn 50 in a few days. He has a conspicuous strand of white hair on his forehead, which makes his fiancée, who is not yet 30 years old, find it ugly. So, in order to please his fiancée, the French man pulled out this white hair. However, he noticed that the scalp where the hair had been pulled out was somewhat red, swollen and inflamed, and there seemed to be signs of spreading. So he went to the hospital to ask a dermatologist, and the answer he got made him very panic. He was told that his life was in danger. Later, although he tried many methods, he could not save his life. In order to fulfill the last wish of her son who was infected with diphtheria, Princess Alice of England kissed him affectionately. Unexpectedly, it was this last kiss that caused her to lose her life.
Forgetting to add a dash to the letter "t", or not adding a dot to the letter "i" due to carelessness, may cause you to lose millions of wealth or miss an opportunity to make a fortune.
130 houses in the Hungarian village of Nemis were destroyed by a little boy playing with matches. All men, women and children in the village had to go to the streets to beg to survive the immediate crisis.
"The scary thing about small mistakes is that they will not always stay at the original level. Small mistakes often bring about big disasters."
If the conductor or engineer's watch is damaged due to If the train is delayed for two minutes for some reason, then two express trains full of passengers may violently collide with each other. Such a slight negligence may create tragic news that shocks the world. How many happy families have to suffer Suffering the pain of losing a loved one, how many children will lose their father or mother, and how many happy people will be depressed and alone in their lives.