The pamphlet was directed toward every colonist, including those still loyal to the Crown. ... Paine used Biblical quotes effectively in this pamphlet, not as "window dressing". It was clear that Paine knew what he was talking about because his quotes from the Bible were on target and related to his subject. Although Paine uses them many times, the main section of Biblical quotes was related to Jewish people. ... Paine responded with "The principles of Quakerism have a direct tendency to make a man the quite and inoffensive subject of any, and every government which is set over him. ...

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To find comfort, she quoted Isaiah 54; 7: "For a small moment have I [The Lord] forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee" (90). ... While this quote provides little comfort to contemporary readers, for Rowlandson it assured her that her predicament was the Lord's doing and he would eventually resolve it if she changed her ways. ... In Rowlandson's last citation from the Bible, she quoted Exodus 14: 13: "Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord" (112). ... She deduced the events that befell her were in direct correlation with her religious de...

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This is a direct quote to show his change in religion after the war. ... Also, the bible and beliefs are shown to change at the end with the quote, "After a while Lee came. ... By these quotes, he is saying he demands to be treated fairly, as he deserves today in this land, not as they saw people in the past deserved. ...

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Another quote, from The Tenth Muse " For were earthly comforts permanent, who would look for heavenly?... She later re-advised it and added to it more direct experiences, and wrote about earthly losses with eternal rewards. ...

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An example of this tug-of-war is demonstrated in the film, "The Exorcist," (1973) directed by William Friedkin. ... There is a quote from the film where Father Karras says; "There isn't a day in my life when I haven't felt like a fraud. ...

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As the character of Atticus Finch recognizes in "To Kill a Mockingbird"", cases such as defending negro Tom Robinson against the charge of rape in his home town of Maycombe "come along once in a lifetime" (link to text/quote)and there is no turning away from such moments. ... In choosing the road less traveled (direct reference to the context), he makes life very hard for himself and his family. ...

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He brings up the question of evil's existence, to quote "The Tyger," from Songs of Experience: "Did he who make the lamb make thee"". ... The Christianity of Innocence is closer to the clear, direct teachings of Jesus than anything in Experience where Blake targets institutionalized Christianity, particularly the Anglican Church of which the king was the head and which backed Government's anti-people policies. ...

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This relates to the Voltaire quote in the sense that for the unknown answers of the world humans construct a sense of hope or a coping mechanism. ... In the end, our existence is pointless and meaningless, specifically because it ends, and nothing you do, nothing you create, nothing that happens in the future, even if it is a direct result of what you create and do now, lives on once your time has came. ...

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When you lead a country you have a direct and profound impact on peoples lives, as well as what direction the country is heading. ... That quote basically sums it all up, we can't continue this way because it's only going to make things worse. ...

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