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The battle of waterloo was won on the playing field of Eton. Justify the statement with suitable arguments.

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The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing field of Eton'.The statement justifies the fact that 

1.The British  believed the real reason which favoured them in wars was the superior character of its young men built in boarding schools while playing games like cricket.

2. Eton was one of the famous English boarding schools that trained English boys for careers in the military, civil service and the church. It  saw team sports like cricket not just as outdoor play, but as an organised way of teaching English boys, the discipline, the importance of hierarchy, the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the British Empire.

3.It was the superior character of its young men built on playing fields helped the English to become victorious in the battlefield of Waterloo. But, the Napoleanic wars were won due to the economic resources of England.     

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1. Britain 's military success was based on the values taught to school boys in its public

schools.
2. Eton was the most famous of these schools.
3. The English boarding school was the institution that trained English boys for
careers in the military; the civil service & the church.
4. Men like Thomas Arnold, head master of the famous Rugby School and founder of the
modern public school system, saw team support like cricket and Rugby not just as outdoor
play, but as an organised way of teaching English boys the discipline.
 
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This means that britain's military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys boys in its public schools. Eton was the most famous of these schools. Team sport like cricket and rugby was seen as organised way of teaching english boys the discipline. the importance of hierarchy, the skills, the codes of honour and the leadership qualities that helped them build and run the british empire. Cricket helped them to confirm this self image of the english elite by glorifying the amateur ideal, where cricket was played not for victory but for leisure.Although the fact is that the napoleanic wars were won due to the british trade and industry that made britain the world's greatest power, yet it was the superior character of it's young men, built in boarding schools, playing gentlemanly games like cricket, that tipped the balance.

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It means that Britain’s military success was based on the values taught to schoolboys in its public schools. Eton was the most famous of these schools. The English boarding school was the institution that trained English boys for careers in the military, the civil service and the church, the three great institutions of imperial England

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who cheated mr.raman, that was my answer

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Thanx for the ans everyone....

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1. Britain's military success was based on the values taught to school boys in its public

schools. 1+2=32. Eton was the most famous of these schools.3. The English boarding school was the institution that trained English boys forcareers in the military; the civil service the church.4. Men like Thomas Arnold, head master of the famous Rugby School and founder of themodern public school system, saw team support like cricket and Rugby not just as outdoorplay, but as an organised way of teaching English boys the discipline.5. Any other relevant point.Any three arguments may be given.
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divya januja thanks for the answer me a student of dps got this task as an formative assesment
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This saying is based on the argument that the values taught to schoolboys in it's public schools resulted in  Britain military success . Eton was the famous of these schools .
2) These schools trained English boys for career in the military , the Civil Service and the Church- the three great institutions of Imperial England >
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