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Wisdom is a very precious thing. We almost always associated wisdom with older people and especially kings and leaders. In a story called “Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl” by: Juliet Piggott Wood , Two negative ways the Emperor's lack of wisdom brought about tragic results are first the bribe for Ixtlaccihuatl and the Emperor's belief in the Warriors. First it was unwise of the emperor to bribe soldiers for his daughter. On page 948 it states that “...he showed a selfishness and shortsightedness towards his daughter and his empire which many considered was not truly wise.” This quote shows that the people of Tenochtitlan knew of the Emperors shortsightedness and were right. The emperor should have had the wisdom to see that putting a war in

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