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    life. Her brother Benedict had set up his own monastery with the Benedictine brothers by then and Scholastica ended up establishing her own convent of Benedictine nuns not too far away from Benedict, because they were very close. Scholastica and Benedict had always close. So much so that in fact they would try to see each other whenever they could and would spend the day in religious prayer. On the last night Benedict saw her she told him she wanted him to stay longer through the night. Benedict told her he couldn't as it would be dark by the time they went back and he had to get back to his monastery for the night. Theories have suggested that it was possible both Scholastica and Benedict could sense her death was near. However, Scholastica was not pleased with his answer. So she said a prayer to the lord asking for him to help him to make the decision to stay with her and suddenly a thunderstorm rolled in. Benedict and the few brothers from his monastery that he'd brought with him had no choice but to stay. Scholastica and her brother both spent the night praying. The next morning, Benedict and the few brothers he was with, made their way back to his monastery. A walk just a few miles over a hill. When Benedict fell asleep he saw a vision, and that vision appeared to be Scholastica ascending into heaven in the form of a dove. Sure enough, after he'd woken up, the Benedictine nuns had come to tell the Benedictine brothers that Scholastica had passed away and to tell…

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    A Morbid Taste For Bones by Ellis Peters takes place in the year 1137 CE. It centers on Brother Cadfael, a monk at Shrewsbury Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in medieval England. He studies and grows herbs. A prior at the monastery decides that the Shrewsbury Abbey must have the relics of a saint for their chapel. They travel to Wales to recover the bones of Saint Winifred. Some of the monks travel to Wales and with the consent of Prince Owain of Gwynedd and the Bishop of Bangor, they go to the…

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    All of the great works of philosophy from Socrates to Martin Buber have utilized the tool of dialogue as a method of explaining their teachings. Philosophical dialogue is primarily a conversation between two people on the topic of a particular philosophy, generally the dialogue is between a younger inexperienced but inquisitive person and an older wiser master who in some cases is the founder of the philosophy being discussed. Many times the conversation is based on the questions posed by the…

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    Constitution and why this type of government with a stronger but evenly balanced federal government was the best choice for the United States of America. The Federalist Papers were written to help endear those states, unsure of the yet to be ratified U.S. Constitution. The government’s first constitution “The Articles of Confederation” was rushed and flawed in the Federalists eyes in that the Federal Government basically lacked the power to keep the country unified as opposed to the states being…

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    The Articles of Confederation was the first official Constitution of the United States in the years after the revolution. Now although articles were weak in the sense that it was a joke of a government to other nations and they had no power over the colonies (because it was purposely made weak), there was some strong points that actually made it ineffective government especially when it came to foreign relations, economic condition, and Western lands. There is one thing that made the article…

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    against the British sparked a growing need for a stronger government. Therefore the Continental Congress drafted the Articles of Confederation in 1777. “The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States” (Give Me Liberty 249). Before the articles there had been no republican government of any kind. “The local loyalties outweighed national patriotism, and John Adams was quoted saying, we have no Americans in America” (Give Me Liberty 248). This sparked a change…

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    The Federalists are who instated the foundation for what our country is. Both the Federalists and Anti-Federalists had an opinions on how the nation should exist. However, the ideals of each group conflicted on multiple levels. Originally, the first draft for a constitution was established by the Articles of Confederation in 1778 (Kramnick, pg155). This was a document to draft laws for the newly independent states. This compilation of article each had their own purpose to the people. Starting…

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    The Government that was created after the Revolutionary war was too weak to mend the conflicts that were arising from the States; the Government was operating under the Articles of Confederation. The Philadelphia Convention agreed to help correct some of the holes in the Articles that had long since been determined even before the war. The Philadelphia Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 14th to September 17th in the year of 1787. Even though the Convention was actually…

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    It this paper we will discuss three questions concerning the Constitution of the United States. The first question is; 1) is the government proposed by the Constitution a good idea for this country? 2) Is it a practical government? 3) Is it a feasible government? When at first, the Continental Congress had made for the government of the United States, the Articles of Confederation. Overtime it happened; that these articles became insufficient, and a new form of government became inevitable.…

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    reasons. The battle lines had been drawn, however, the arguments were far from consolidated; especially within the camp of the Anti-Federalists. Additionally, both sides took to media outlets to argue their positions where the written word on the argument of ratification played heavy on the side of the Federalists. Arguments against ratification brought forth by the Anti-Federalists were many and centered primarily on a long standing hostility to a stronger central government. Additionally,…

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