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    back to the country as an incentive. I plan on becoming a Registered Nurse because I enjoy helping and making a difference in people’s lives. I want to promote good health for the people of our country. I have already embarked on my journey by being a part of a free Certified Nursing Assistant program . The feeling of helping others motivates me to establish my own initiative and continuously strive for success. I plan on facilitating my own free class upon receiving proper qualification as a R.N

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    outlooks on the meaning of State of War and on people’s reaction to and with government. Locke believed that State of Nature is not equivalent to State of War whereas Hobbes made it seem that a State of Nature isn’t a safe place. Hobbes descried a State of Nature to be more violent and a state that people should fear. Locke’s view was more neutral compared to Hobbes’ idea. From what I read‚ it seemed that Locke believed the State of Nature to be kind of crazy‚ but this craziness isn’t good or bad.

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    The Declaration of Independence” changed from the early drafts to the final document signed in 1776 because of the need to eliminate some aspects. There was a need to delete the attack on slavery in the initial drafts of “The Declaration of Independence” . The issue sparked a heated debate among the delegates who gathered in Philadelphia. The clause was instead replaced with a different passage about domestic insurrection. According to Walton‚ Hall and Gwinnett‚ the deletion of the passage on slavery

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    1. the first paragraph of the declaration‚ Jefferson states the reason for the writing of this document. What reason does he give? Jefferson says that it is only moral to explain why we are separating from the crown. 2. Where does a government acquire its power‚ according to the declaration? Jefferson says that a goverment gets its power from the people. 3. What are the "unalienable rights" that Jefferson states? Jeffereson states that the rights to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness

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    John Locke‚ Baron de Montesquieu‚ Voltaire‚ and Jean Jacques Rousseau were all enlightenment philosophers. Each of these men had a particular view of government‚ society‚ and its citizens and they were all passionate about their works. Locke (1632- 1704) was an English philosopher‚ his ideas had a great impact on the development of political philosophy and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential enlightenment thinkers. Montesquieu (1689- 1755) believed that all things were made up of

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    There are always two side of answering this question . The Declaration of Independence is known as the most important document in the whole history of United States . Ideals have a great effect on the the Americans identity‚most Likely they lived up with those ideals‚and still do now. Declaration of Independence is the symbol of Freedom‚Democracy and American Dream. The value of Declaration of Independence it was ‚it is and will be so marvelous in the entire globe. First‚ freedom ‚" We

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    Declaration and Address Analysis The Declaration and Address’ intended audience was all who love our Lord Jesus Christ. The intended audience ties in with the message of most of the document in that it speaks of unity. A major part of the Stone-Campbell Movement was to bring unity and the Stone-Campbell Movement was formed through unity. I think a couple of the main reasons why unity is so important in the document was one‚ because God calls us to unity through Him‚ and two‚ because the Stone-Campbell

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    The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson‚ is a document written to explain why the colonies have decided to dethrone their ruler; King George III of Great Britain and choose to take their position as an individual separate state in the world. To backup up there evidence in The Declaration of Independence they include a list of 27 exploitations that he is guilty of. The Declaration of Sentiments written primarily by Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ is a document written to a response to

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    Locke vs. Knowledge Innatism In this paper‚ I will explore the topic of knowledge innatism and define what it is and what it isn’t‚ Locke’s objections to it‚ and responses to these objections. After raising an objection‚ I will argue either that 1) this objection is weak or 2) this objection works. The sort of knowledge that nativists think are innate in the mind are truths that do not have to be learned through experience‚ such as knowledge of the laws of nature & mathematical truths. Examples

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    “A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant‚ is unfit to be the ruler of a free people…” as the Second Continental Congress‚ so famously declared. The Declaration of Independence was one of the most historically influential documents in the history of the United States of America. Great Britain was the mother of the thirteen colonies‚ a great colonial power in America. Over the years‚ the colonists had a growing distrust in Great Britain‚ which had led to much

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