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1. Comment on the charge that Emerson and his ideas were a factor in the weakening of traditional Christianity in the nineteenth century. Religiously devout Christians regarded his early works as “the latest form of infidelity” due to his transcendental viewpoint and his belief in nature as an “image in which humans can perceive the divine.” Emerson believed in individualism and the idea that “nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” Emerson’s belief in individual authority

was an important figure because of her relation to John Adams, her religious views, her accomplishments in women 's rights, and how they had long lasting effects in the world and on the United States today. Abigail Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts at the North Parish congregational church (The World of Abigail Adams). She came from a well-rounded family who was very religious and involved with the church. Her great grandfather, John Norton was a reverend so religion was an important part

ackground Governor LePage’s administration and the Maine State Legislature have been in gridlock for many months over the proposed two-year state budget beginning July 1. Maine faces the real possibility of a state government shutdown at the end of the fiscal year if that a budget agreement is not reached June 30th. The most recent state government shutdown lasting 16 days occurred in 1991 when then Gov. John McKernan failed to reach an agreement with the state legislature about workers compensation

Paragraph 1: John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 and died July 4, 1826. He was an early advocate of American independence from Great Britain, a major figure in the Continental Congress author of the Massachusetts constitution, signer of the Treaty of Paris, first American ambassador to the Court of St. James, first vice president, and second president of the United States. Although Adams was looked as one of the most significant statesmen of the revolutionary era, his reputation faded in the

Policy-making in the Federal System The federal system of government in the United States of America has a three-tier system where the policy-making function cuts across the federal, state and local government. The responsibility of government is divided across the three tiers in different proportions depending on the need being served (Gerston, 2007). Public policy in matters like health care is very sensitive when laws or amendments are passed. The laws at the national level might not reflect the

discards the language of obedience and redemption used by the church. To Thoreau, Nature and God are at once synonymous and interconnected: "Next to us the grandest laws are continually being executed. Next to us is not the workman we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are." (175) Thoreau believes in a creator god, a living god that makes of “Nature” his home. Thoreau feels “Nature” is a divine space: a space where man is able to feel close to his god, a

Going into a career (rather furthering my education in finance) in finance has had me wondering about the state of my state’s economy lately. As an accountant, Maine’s economy will continue to affect me professionally (and personally, being a citizen of the state) for the rest of my adult life. Even if all I ever do is taxes for other citizens of my state, to know the state of the economy here will change the way things are done. I don’t have enough space to go through everything that’s affecting

Thoreau opens "Solitude" with a melodious articulation of his pleasure in and sensitivity for nature. When he comes back to his home in the wake of strolling at night, he finds that guests have ceased by, which prompts him to remark both on his strict separation from others while at the lake and on the non-literal space between men. There is closeness in his association with nature, which gives adequate fraternity and blocks the likelihood of forlornness. The immensity of the universe puts the space

Jordan Maki Prof. Meier History 6 October 20, 2017 Abigail Adams Book Critique In the novel, Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman, Charles Akers portrays the life of a strong, revolutionary woman named Abigail Adams. She was known as the first lady of the United States under John Adams and she played an indirect role in influencing the American Revolution. She is called one of the founders of the country for her revolutionary thinking and her being a rights activist. Abigail Adams faced

Puritan society. However, as their ideologies become increasingly restrictive, their intolerance of misconduct also consolidates, and their utmost faithfulness ultimately leads to their untimely destruction. While John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, delivers “A Model of Christian Charity,” laying out the societal expectations of Puritans, Jonathan Edwards in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” aggressively warns the Puritans of the wrath of God, and Arthur Miller denounces their