...but it has figured in some very sophisticated analyses of causation.19 It goes like this: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, For want of a rider the battle was lost, For want of...

...seemingly insignificant events may affect millions. . .Do you remember this little rhyme? "For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of...

...doesn't mean you're not gonna eat, does it? — NATALIE KINSEY-WARNOCK, IF WISHES WERE HORSES For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse...was lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN All the sounds dear to a horseman were around me — the snort of the horses...

...14. 72. Compare the theorem on p. 5 of Pasles, "A Bent for Magic." A Visit to the Country For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse...was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost — Poor Richard Improved for 1 758 he best-known mathematical episode in the life of Benjamin Franklin...

..."For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail." Ideas and inventions are the horseshoe nails on which technological...

...to become a topic of concern. For Want of a Friend There is a childhood nursery rhyme: For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of...

...Swithin's Day, if thou be fine, •/ •** For forty days the sun will shine. Tot Want of a For want of a nail, The shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, The horse was lost; For want of a horse, The rider was lost; For want of a rider, The battle was lost; For want of...

...faithful. Do you remember this song - it shows the importance of a nail in a horse's shoe. "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost; For want of...

...to stay healthy. PART THREE: Do the Right Thing Regularly and Repeatedly A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for...lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost. THE PRUDENT APPROACH TO STAYING HEALTHY Should we actively search for good health? Should we be proactive...

...events can reach a point of crisis that magnifies small changes. As a popular verse has it, For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost; For want of...