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    good would come from giving up but only make things worst. Gardner speaks of Bejamin Franklin repetitvely which makes you believe that Franklin was like a role model to Gardner. The desire for success and the need to provide for his family encouraged Gardner to put his skills to use and become a success. Throughout the movie Gardner shows order and industry. In “The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinFranklin speaks about thirteen virtues and the two Gardner has the most are order and industry

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    Edwards and Franklin both had different writing styles in their works and some similar ones. They both wanted what was best for them and their fellow man. The one difference was that Edward related all of his writings to the Bible and it seemed like you were reading it. He lived his life by the Puritan way of living and had good morals‚ where Franklin wrote about people who had neither the Puritan way of life and no morals‚ "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America." In Franklin’s Autobiography

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    man saved a little kids lives because he is not selfish. A hero should always care about their people and take responsiblity for your actions and be responsible.Benjamin Franklin was not a hero because of the lack of doing the right thing and he needs to start thinking about other people instead of just himself. Benjamin Franklin is not a hero because of the lack of doing the right thing and doesn’t have the commitment of being a hero. I personally think he’s not because he is not the patriot he say

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    their audience to behave in a spirituals or morel fashion‚ such is the case in Jonathan Edwards where he meaning God can destroy the sinners with ease if they do not repent. Edwards wanted to impact his audience by appealing to their fear‚ pity‚ and vanity .Edwards had a powerful impact on his puritan audience because of the use of cautionary tone‚ vexed imagery‚ and admonishing figurative language. Furthermore Edwards had a powerful impact on his puritan audience because of his use of cautionary

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    great awakening swept through Europe‚ and especially the American colonies. During the Great Awakening an influential revivalist teacher by the name Jonathan Edwards played a crucial role by shaping the first revivals. Edwards’s sermon sinners in the hands of an angry God taught that the horrors of hell await those who are lost to sin. For example‚ Edwards states “ He is not only able to cast wicked men into hell‚ but he can most easily do it. Sometimes an earthly prince meets with a great deal of Difficulty

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    Notable delegates included George Washington‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ and James Madison. At first‚ the convention was very secretive. No members of the press were allowed to observe‚ and no official journal of the proceedings were kept. In fact‚ chaperones were assigned to Ben Franklin at all times‚ the eldest of the delegates‚ who had a reputation for being talkative. The chaperones assumed the responsibility for making sure that Franklin did not publicize the details of the debates

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    the characters live defines “Anything Goes” as a true jeremiad. “Anything Goes” critiques the immorality of the Roaring Twenties. Similar to Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ by Jonathan Edwards‚ “Anything Goes” comments on the shockingly immoral ways of the people. Describing the sinfulness and “wickedness” (Edwards) of the Puritan people‚

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    is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others” (unknown). One of the virtues Benjamin Franklin discusses in his autobiography is sincerity. “Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly‚ and if you speak‚ speak accordingly” (Franklin 80). Lets take a path through the journey of sincerity. Sincerity id being honest and telling the truth. Freedom from deceit‚ hypocrisy‚ or duplicity; probity in intention

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    conflicts between the mother country‚ England and its American colonies‚ were the seedlings that were planted in the soils of the American Revolution that would come to light in the future for both‚ for better or for worse. I‚ William Franklin‚ as well as my father Benjamin Franklin saw the roots of the revolution spread throughout the colonies before the final development. However‚ we came to realize that we no longer shared the same views and interest‚ and we eventually did take on opposite sides of the

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    Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God depicts an illustration when he vividly expresses that "there is dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell’s wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon‚ nor anything to take hold of; there is nothing between you and hell but the air" (47). Jonathan Edwards emphasizes fear to influence people‚ impacting them and persuading them;

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