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    HRE4M1(unit1) Step 1: Introduction 1. The trial that Jesus offers us to this 1st century young man in this Markan account is that he wants to teach the young man what really is important in life. Having many objects as treasure does not mean that it is something you have to have. The challenge to me and the rest of the youth as a student in the 21st century is that the different kinds of objects are seen as something very valuable. The most valuable things in life to treasure is your family and

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    THE stage is more beholding to love‚ than the life of man. For as to the stage‚ love is ever matter of comedies‚ and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren‚ sometimes like a fury. You may observe‚ that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth‚ either ancient or recent) there is not one‚ that hath been transported to the mad degree of love: which shows that great spirits‚ and great business‚ do keep out this weak passion.

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    What Does French Slang Mean

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    French Slang What does it all mean? a allumé(e) (adj.) [pic]drunk [pic]lit: lit up b baiser ++ [pic]to fuck [pic]This sense has almost replaced the earlier one of "to kiss"‚ which in contemporary French is "embrasser". Do not use "baiser" to mean "to kiss" if you don’t want to be misunderstood! bander (verb‚ intransitive) [pic]to have a hard-on [pic]bander is commonly used for a bow drawn taut to let the arrow fly. Somehow the erect penis‚ hopefully hard‚ may have a

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    Sir Francis Drake

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    Sir Francis Drake was born in Tavistock‚ Devon around the year 1540 and went to sea at an early age. In 1567‚ Drake made one of the first English slaving expeditions as part of a fleet led by his cousin John Hawkins‚ bringing African slaves to America. All but two ships of this expedition were lost when they were attacked by a Spanish squadron. After that attack‚ the Spanish became a lifelong enemy for Drake and they also considered him a pirate. In 1570 and 1571‚ Drake made two moneymaking trading

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    Francis Bacon was a writer during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries‚ who wrote a classic essay called “Of Studies.” The main purpose of his essay is to explain to the reader why study‚ or knowledge‚ is important. He writes about the practical uses of knowledge and how they can be applied‚ along with the benefits and uses of reading and writing. He immediately delves into the main ideas of his essay in the opening sentence‚ which states the three purposes of studies. Bacon writes

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    St. Francis and St. Clare

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    St. Francis and Clare March 11th‚ 2013 Francis Bernardone was born in Assisi during the middle ages. His dream as a child was to become a knight. However‚ once he began to fulfill his dream‚ he realized that God was calling him to do something else so he returned home. He began to pray and read the Gospel. Later in the movie‚ St. Francis started visiting the lepers outside of the city. People started to worry about St. Francis because he was spending more time with the lepers than he spent working

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    St. Francis and the Franciscan Admonitions Timothy Bouley Dr. Peter Agnew Sources Of The West: pages 182-186 Admonitions: Francis of Assisi 9/28/08   Francis of Assisi was born in 1181‚ and was taught to read and write in Latin as a young boy. In 1205 Francis had a vision; this vision was interpreted to be a message from God to repair the church. After renouncing all of his belongings and receiving blessings from the pope‚ Francis

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    Francis of Assisi is a comprehensive biography of one of the most holy and influential saints in medieval times written by Andre Vauchez. The book gives us insight into the life of Francesco di Bernadone‚ known to the Catholic Church as St. Francis of Assisi and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor‚ and his charismatic effects on the church and medieval society. Vauchez paints an embellishing picture of the charismatic St. Francis being a revolutionary idealist born in 1181 or 1182 that challenged

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    The Saint I choose for Confirmation is Francis of Assisi. He is inspiring to me because of his close connection to God and animals. Saint Francis was born in Umbria as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in late 1181 or early 1182. His parents were Pietro di Bernardone‚ a wealthy silk merchant who owned farmland and Pica de Bourlemont‚ a French noblewoman. His father nicknamed him “Francesco” which means Frenchman. He was one of seven children who lived a privileged life with fancy clothes and

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    Even though the pope is sitting on a what viewers usually think is a sedia gestatoria‚ it does not appear that way. Bacon painted the sedia gestatoria slightly overlapping the pope which made the pope appear kind of hemmed in. The effect is greatly enhanced because it is thick lines of yellow. We associate yellow as light‚ which lead viewers to believe he is in an electric chair. And then on top of all that you’ve got these vertical stripes‚ almost very thinly painted‚ which seem to hold captive

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