Ramsey Theory Problem

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Let $C(s)$ be the smallest $n$ such that every connected graph on $n$ vertices has, as an induced subgraph either a complete graph $K_{s}$, a star $K(1,s)$ or a path $P_{s}$ of length $s$. Show that $C(s)\leq R(s)^{s}$, where $R(s)$, is the s Ramsey number.