The U.S. Constitution represented the American vision of practicality and necessity. 55 men of practical affairs gathered to frame the constitution of the developing United States of America to create a new and unprecedented national covenant. John Adams called the Constitution "the single greatest effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen." Historian Max Farrand wrote: "Neither a work of divine origin‚ nor ’the greatest work that was ever struck off at a given time by the brain
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The night before John Adams left the presidential office he appointed various men to be Justices of the Piece. All of these men were Federalist like himself. One of which was William Marbury. However‚ when Thomas Jefferson came into office he refused to give the men that had been appointed last minute by Adams their federal commission. Jefferson used his secretary of state‚ James Madison‚ to be his voice about the situation. Enraged William Marbury and others sued the government and the case went
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John Adams was born on October 30‚1735 in Massachusetts and died July 4‚1826 (1).Doing his lifetime as a president‚ he change the world a lot. His father‚ John Adams Sr.‚ was a councilman(1). However John’s mother‚Susanna Adams was a Boylston of Brookline of descendant(1). John is the oldest child. His father hired someone to help John with his school work (3). In high school‚he study religion and math. He went to Harvard College at age fifteen. After he was done with college‚ John became a teacher
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John Quincy Adams once stated‚ “If your actions inspire others to dream more‚ learn more‚ do more‚ and become more‚ you are a leader.” You see‚ actions speak louder than words because it’s our actions that affect people‚ change people‚ influence people‚ inspire people. I wholeheartedly agree with John Quincy’s definition of a true leader because I believe that a true leader inspires other people. However‚ in my opinion‚ I believe that in order for a leader to effectively inspire others‚ he must
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Tim Adams March 21‚ 2013 In the American society there are plenty of friends‚ but there is also the fair share of rivalries. There are also times where friendships turn into rivalry due to sequence of events. This is a common feat especially if two friends are competing for the same goal and one achieves it and the other does not. The higher the completion the worse the ending of the friendship can be. Even in America’s highest office this can happen. The most famous friendship between
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In “Verticals of Adam”‚ Frye argues that the most effective way to educate people in terms of literature is to start with poetry as the foundation; to work outwards to other forms of literary works; then to go further by making connections with subjects other than art. In literature‚ he states that there are both theory and practice: the latter derives from the types of literary works produced‚ and the former comes from the criticism of these specific works. It is the act of literary criticism‚ he
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I truly enjoyed seeing Patch Adams again. I have always loved this movie and I think it was a wonderful choice to use as an example for professionalism and patient care. In my opinion I feel that Patch became a role model by showing his classmates that his ways actually did work and had wonderful results. Even if they were against him and his ways they all eventually saw that his ways were very wonderful and productive. I think Patch is professional as a physician in his own way. His way of professionalism
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education‚ these letters portray Abigail to be an intelligent woman with brilliant ideas for the future of the United States. Her ideas of the future had a great impact on how many important articles were written and what it meant for the people of the nation. One example of this would be when Abigail wrote to John and asked for Congress not to forget about the rights of women. Their correspondence also involved a lot of political talk‚ which led to the conclusion that John thought of Abigail as an equal
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Adams was born into a poor farm family. At a young age‚ he began to keep a diary. It was about the size of the palm an adult hand‚ and his handwriting so small that you would have to use a magnifying glass to read it. Through this he developed the idea that ‚ by reckoning day-by-day his moral assets and liabilities‚ he could improve himself. A famous quote that he has is "Oh! that I could wear out of my mind every mean and base affectation‚ conquer my natural pride and conceit‚". His natural pride
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"Massachusettensis‚ which was a Loyalist view regarding independence‚ Adams wrote letters responding to the point of views that this article reflected. During 1775‚ independence is a huge topic of discussion. The topic of independence is discussed during the First Continental Congress‚ which was held in Philadelphia. During this important meeting they discuss and argue about ideas of becoming a free and independent body apart from Britain. One of his letters is mentioned in the Annals of America‚ which is article
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