...essentiality may be illustrated by burlesquing an old adage. For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for wart of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost George Herben. Jacula Pnulentum (Outlandish Proverbs). 1640 For want of a nutrient the en/yme is lost,...

...could well have lost his property for failing to pay a negligible amount of tax. The court begins, "'[f]or want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want...horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.' And for want of $84, a homesite was lost. Specifically, for allegedly failing to pay $84.43 in back...

...should not, you must hear what you would not. If you'd have a servant that you like, serve yourself. For want of a Nail the Shoe is lost; for want of a...Horse is lost; for want of a Horse the Rider is lost. A little well-gotten will do us more good, than lordships and sceptres by Rapine and Blood. Ill Customs...

...to the effect and its criticality. The FMECA approach is exemplified by the verse by George Herbert: "For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of...horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost." (Jacula Prudentum, no. 499) By comparison, the FTA is a top-down approach, starting with the manifested...

...unpredictable future. What better evocation of the butterfly effect than George Herbert's famous line "For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of...horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost"? And if that rider were a king, say, Shakespeare's Richard III ("A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a...

...relation or nexus between conduct and hurt. The famous ditty in Poor Richard's Almanac may be recalled: For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a...horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost. For want of a rider the message is lost, for want of a message the battle is lost — the war is lost...

...the grave of bliss. No sooner do we own some great book than we want another." — A. Edward Newton "For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of...horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost." — Benjamin Franklin "Men want to live the way they want instead of how they should." — Anonymous...

...they had disproportionate consequences. Do you recall the George Herbert poem? 'For want of a nail, me shoe is lost. For want of a shoe, the horse is lost.' And so on. In the end a kingdom is lost. Bosworth Field was a near-run thing. Had Richard the Third...

...length in a later chapter. Suggested Readings for this topic will also be included in that chapter. Y2K For want of a nail the shoe is lost, For want of a...horse is lost, For want of a horse the rider is lost, For want of the rider the battle is lost, For want of the battle the war is lost, For want of the war...

...Some I think of at odd times. Here is another one you might like," and quoted himself from memory. "For want of a nail, the shoe is lost; for want of...horse is lost; for want of a horse, the rider is lost; for want of a rider, the battle is lost." "Yes, that is true," John said. "We have all seen how little...