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    | Not good for citizens or members of society—unwilling to bear their part of public and private burdens. | | Childlike‚ joyous‚ affectionate‚ susceptible‚ more than average wishes to be loved: “Rather than love‚ than money‚ than fame‚ give me truth.”  | 87 | Make extreme demands on human nature | | Disappointed in humanity: “Every generation laughs at the old fashions‚ but follows religiously the new.” | 212 | Sociable: “Say what

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    Jefferson refers to the election of 1800‚ Jefferson v.s. Burr‚ as the “revolution of 1800‚” because the government completely turned‚ instead of possessing branches with nearly all Federalists in power‚ the government possessed nearly all Democratic-Republicans. In 1800‚ there was a revolution‚ not one with violence‚ or “by the sword‚” but one by the “suffrage of the people‚” like Jefferson states. There was no brutality or bloodshed in this shift‚ only the people’s voices and opinions. Their votes

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    slower‚ more self-centric ways to live‚ survive‚ and prioritize everything about American life. A couple of the most influential Transcendental

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    Thomas Jefferson served as our 3rd President of the United States‚ and to add to that‚ President Jefferson‚ at age 33‚ drafted the Declaration of Independence. It turns out‚ Jefferson can be more identified as an Anti-Federalist.This can be found evident through the fact that it seemed he opposed large government‚ and instead‚ stood for states’ rights. One supporting example that would seem to stand in favor of this is that Jefferson deeply rejected Hamilton’s National Bank. In spite of that‚ it

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    Ms. deborah hodge Thomas Jefferson Dual Credit U.S. History Lisa Russell Thomas Jefferson “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” (“Thomas Jefferson Quotes”). Thomas Jefferson included this statement in the Declaration of Independence to help make strides toward separating and gaining independence from Great Britain. The

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    Transcendentalists that existed in the 19th century were Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau who inspired me in taking a breath taking journey to discovering something new and different from what I do in my everyday life. I decided to make a robot called S.R.R.J also known as a humanoid. I also decided to make a temple structure from scratch. The common idea that revolved around my project was the idea of Emerson’s self-reliance. Emerson believed that one should “trust thyself: every heart vibrates

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    Thomas Jefferson: On Slavery .... It will probably be asked‚ Why not retain and incorporate the blacks into the state‚ and thus save the expense of supplying‚ by importation of white settlers‚ the vacancies they will leave? Deep rooted prejudices entertained by the whites; ten thousand recollections‚ by the blacks‚ of the injuries they have sustained; new provocations; the real distinctions which nature has made; and many other circumstances‚ will divide us into parties‚ and produce convulsions

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    things are actually less fortunate to have something that they did not have to work for. This means that they do not get to experience the hardships of earning that piece of land or all that money. Instead of being happy they inherited something‚ Thoreau says that under any circumstance‚ someone who is forced to take care of or do something that they didn’t choose to do for themselves. They will most likely hate doing it. And I agree with this‚ because I think that a lot of children go against their

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    Texting While Driving vs Drinking While Driving For decades‚ drunk driving has been at the forefront of debate. Stricter laws have been passed across the nation leading to a decrease in drunk driving accidents. However‚ a new driving threat is quickly taking its place. That threat is texting while driving and many say that it is actually more dangerous than drunk driving. Texting while driving a vehicle has now replaced drinking while driving as the leading cause of accidents and deaths of teenage

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    There are some people who believe in superstitions. They would follow certain “rules” that most of the time may make no sense. They’ll just say you that it is bad luck to do certain things. So what is the basis of these beliefs? Superstitions are beliefs that one event leads to the cause of another event without any physical process linking them. Oftentimes these were just based on events that happened by chance or coincidence. Others may just happen to be repetitious. Yet still others are just

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