In the New Testament‚ Matthew famously recounts Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. In his sermon‚ Jesus discusses how those who are pure in heart and kind‚ even when they are persecuted‚ shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. After he lists those who have been downtrodden and comforted them‚ he speaks to his followers’ about their faith: “So let your light shine before men‚ so that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven” (qtd. in Lawall et al. 1086). Jesus‚ in broad strokes‚ preaches
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The “Sermon on the Mount” is Jesus’s sermon giving advice to people on a mountain‚ similar to the story of Moses bringing down the ten commandments from God. In his sermon‚ he describes the characteristics of people who are blessed as God children and who received God’s earth. He describes people who will be blessed because of the compassion and loving natures. Humans are described as the salt and the light of the world. Salt because they are of the earth‚ but also light because they “shine in the
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The Franklin Dam Franklin Dam The Franklin Dam or Gordon-below-Franklin Dam project was an attempt to dam the Gordon River in Tasmania‚ Australia‚ for the purposes of hydroelectricity. This would have subsequently destroyed the environmentally sensitive Franklin River‚ which joined the Gordon nearby. During the campaign against the dam‚ both areas were World Heritage listed. Over the five years between the announcement of the dam proposal in 1978 and the axing of the plans in 1983‚ there
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Susanna Dey 19 November 2011 Benjamin Franklin Say the name Benjamin Franklin and you may picture a chubby man with spectacles holding a kite during a lightening storm. Perhaps you picture him a older man with spectacles propped up on his nose standing in a great room full of distinguished gentlemen signing the Declaration of Independence. Both of these facts about Benjamin Franklin’s life would be true. However‚ there was so much more to Mr. Franklin. He was a diplomat‚ a statesman‚ a scientist
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volcanoes‚ Mount Vesuvius located on the Italian east coast and Mount Tambora located on the northern coast of Sumbawa island‚ Indonesia. Volcanoes are the most destructive natural disasters. Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora have caused great destruction in the past‚ killing many people and destroying entire cities. This poster will compare and contrast the volcanoes types/structure‚ the cause of the eruptions and the current levels of activity . Body Both Mount Vesuvius and Mount Tambora are
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17 1706 to the parents Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Benjamin Franklin was the tenth son born to his father who was on his second wife‚ which in total his father had seventeen children. Benjamin Franklin father wanted him to become a clergy but can afford only to send him for one year in order to become a clergy you needed years of schooling. But that didn’t stop him from becoming an apprentice at his brother printer company. At only 12 years old Benjamin
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Charles Smith 06/15/2013 U.S History 1 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is himself writing about his accomplishments. He grew up in an average home with a family that consisted of twelve children. His family was not poor‚ but his father worked hard to keep them afloat. Franklin was one of the children that were put into getting an education and over the years he acquired degrees from colleges he did not attend. He first worked for a newspaper printer‚ and after a short period he became
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In this short story by Mary –Louise Buxton‚ 2005‚ we get to look at the world through a little girl‚ called Elizabeth’s eyes which brings our minds back to the time when we were little and afraid of ghost and the dark. The short story is about this little girl’s everyday-life and that’s what makes it interesting‚ it brings some memories to the reader. Elizabeth is the main character‚ a 6-7 year old girl who has an imaginary fantasy just like every other child at that age. (Elizabeth mentions
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Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin was born on July 25‚ 1920 in Notting Hill‚ London. Franklin was born into an influential British-Jewish family. She was the oldest of four children. Her two loving parents‚ Ellis Arthur Franklin‚ and Muriel Frances Waley took in two Jewish children from Nazi Germany to live in their house. A woman whose father had been sent to Buchenwald was taken in as well and shared a room with Rosalind. Her father set up an organization for orphaned and homeless German-Jewish
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Franklin achieved his intellectual and literary prowess in an era known for its philosophical advances. The eighteenth century is frequently cited as the beginning of the so-called modern era in philosophy. The century is known as the Enlightenment‚ or the Age of Reason‚ an ideal also found in the literature of the period‚ whether colonial‚ British‚ or Continental. Two factors‚ more specifically‚ two intellectuals—epitomize this era: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and John Locke (1632-1704). Newton
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