In the Varieties of Religious Experience, William James sets forth that the argument of the pragmatist, stating that it is not the origin of religion that is of greatest importance but rather the results or fruits that have come from religious belief that are the true basis for the judgement of religion. ... William James begins his work by setting aside the argument that by explaining the origins of something we have also provided an explanation for it's origins. ... All questions of value, according to James, can be answered in knowledge gained through experience. ... Without religious...

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When Alice James, the youngest sister of the famous Henry the novelist, and William the psychologist, started journaling, she was 40 years old. ... According to James' her "reader" is male and in the James family, being "male" meant having intelligence, wit, morals and an individual identity, qualities which James' father continually expressed that women lacked. ... James who was the epitome of self-effacement and maternal devotion. ... At 18, she signed a letter to William as "Your loving idiotoid sister.... An enthusiastic supporter of James, her brother He...

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The King James Bible: the Story Few literary works have had as tremendous an impact uponthe world as the King James Bible. ... However, manyhave no idea of how the King James Bible came to be. ... 97).King James loved the idea. ... 22).Contrary to popular belief, King James did not financethe translation at all. ... 201).This list was vital in to the reliability as well as thebeauty of the King James Bible. ...

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However, some psychologists and historians feel that William James deserves the honor for a less publicized laboratory at Harvard University, which opened in 1875(Lahey, 1983). ... Williams James (1842-1910) And His Contributions to Psychology In 1875, a young professor of biology and philosophy by the name of William James taught the first course on "psychology" at Harvard University(Lahey, 1983). ... Like Wundt, James borrowed concepts and scientific methods from biology to use in his study of consciousness. However, James...

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The Anti-Federalist and the Fight for States Rights and Small Government At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 a group of delegates, lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison proposed the adoption of a new system of government for the former English Colonies in the New World. ... This goal was outlined in James Winthrop Agrippa letter VII. ... They warned against the devices of James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay to establish what they called a "consolidated aristocracy. ... To counter the Virginia plan the William Patterson an Anti-federalist proposed the strengthening of ...

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The crown was passed to the next heir, James VI, King of Scotland. ... In 1685, he was succeeded by James II, his brother. ... In 1699, Prince William of Orange invaded, James escaped to France, and William was made king (Parliament UK). After William III's rise to the throne, a union between Scotland and England was proposed once more, this time by Parliament. ... In 1702, William III was succeeded by Princess Anne. ...

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These initiatives were pursued by Liberal PM William E Gladstone, whose government passed an important Act that ensured some security for tenants and that led to future progressive law reforms for the people of Ireland. ... These include internationally acclaimed artists such as William Yeats, James Joyce and Bernard Shaw who were, significantly, all influential in both the cultural and political development of modern Ireland. ... The Irish Citizens" Army was founded and led by socialist trade union representative James Conolly. ... By 1916, the IRB military committee membership had increased ...

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In the late 19th century, William Wundt (1879) and William James (1890) were the main founders and contributors to early psychology and were labelled,' the fathers of psychology' (Cardwell, et al., 2004). William Wundt's study in sensory processes increased his interest in psychology such that he created the first psychological laboratory experiment (Cullis, et al., 2002). ... William James was more fascinated by how the mind functioned, establishing it as the stream of consciousness. ...

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Attention was neatly defined by William James: "It is the taking possession in the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of several simultaneous possible objects or trains of thought. ... It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others" (James, 1890). ...

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The major contributors to this field are; Kenneth Clark, William Grier and Price Cobbs, and Alvin Poussaint. ... Some of the major contributors to this school are; Charles Thomas, Joseph White, and William Cross. ... Some contributors to this field are; Na"im Akbar, Joseph Baldwin, Linda James Myers, Wade Nobles, Frances Cress Wesling, Amos Wilson, and Bobby Wright. ...

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Madison A conflict regarding John Adam's midnight judges and the Judiciary Act of 1801: William Marbury was one of several judges who had been promised a seat by John Adams, but never received a commission. James Madison, the Secretary of State under the Jefferson administration did not deliver the remaining commissions, and as a result, Marbury sued him, urging the Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus. ... The Judiciary Act of 1789 which granted the court original jurisdiction over these matters was declared unconstitutional, thereby establishing the principle of judicial review....

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In September 1962, James Meredith, an African American man, tried enrolling at the University of Mississippi. ... James Meredith was attending an African American university called Jackson State College from 1960 to 1962. ... In 1961, with the support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples, James Meredith filed a lawsuit against Ole Miss, asserting racial discrimination. ... William Doyle indicated in his book, "An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi," that the NAACP's support was a crucial element in Meredith's ultimate vict...

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Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr, arranged for some of the best tutors in England, scholars such as William Grindal and Roger Ascham, to teach her philosophy, history, speech, French, Spanish, and Italian.6 Grindal and Ascham were converted Protestants, who almost certainly influenced Elizabeth's religious views.7 Elizabeth's troubled childhood made her neurotic, as she suffered from panic attacks, irrational fears, and emotional paralysis when she was unsure of what to do.8 Questions of legitimacy surrounded Elizabeth's childhood as she continuously fell in and out of th...

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West Indian grower manufactured stately homes - some, absurdly unrestrained residences, for example, William Beckford's Font hill - and promoted the modernization of British farming by "enhancing" their bequests. ... Other essays are also having an importance for me that James chose the Haitian riot, 1791-1804, as the unfocused widget best suited to giving intellectual rationality and social reality to his argument. ... At the same time, contended James the Marxist dialectician, slavery resisting consciousness among enslaved blacks and disgruntled mixed race peoples, as well as their orga...

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Joseph Ellis presents the personalities of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington beautifully and in tremendous detail. ... In the second chapter, "The Dinner," Ellis exploits a secret compromise between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in the scene of a dinner party hosted by Thomas Jefferson. ... At the College of William and Mary in 1965, Ellis acquired his B.A. ...

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The Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is a highly contributing factor towards creating jobs and helping economic growth (Bolton 2001,P32). Many define entrepreneurs as risk taking innovators who get deep into the cutting edge of the most exiting new business sector where they are conceived as creativ...

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A critical encounter between General Lee and Lieutenant General James Longstreet, his right hand man, occurred in the morning of July 3rd to determine the next course of action. ... To Pickett's right, General Cadmus Wilcox and Colonel William Perry led brigades under General Richard Anderson's division. To Pickett's left, General James Pettigrew formed a division. ... On the ride over, Lee passed by one of his generals, William Wofford, who jubilantly reported his near success in reaching the crest of Cemetery Ridge on July 2nd. ...

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The Governor of Virginia at the time, William Berkley, had pacified local Native Americans. ... What Bacon did not know was the House of Burgesses and William Berkeley had a secret fur trading deal with the Native Americans for great profit and accused Bacon of treason. ... One of the commissions was to be delivered to William Marbury. ... This had allowed Jefferson to appoint James Madison "the secretary of state "to "refuse " the appointments and avoid any more federalists from becoming justices of peace. An enraged William Marbury went to the Supreme Court and demanded that M...

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Inventions which supported the producing of thread/fabric included the Spinning Jenny that was invented by James Hargreaves which could produce several spools of thread at the same time to keep up with demand in a shorter time and reducing the overall price. ... The solution was steam power which James Watts attempted to improve Newcomen's steam engine. ... Fredrick William the great elector unified Prussia with Brandenburg which was a German state at the time it helped to establish a strong military. ...

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William James took the approach that the human consciousness is based on a continuous stream of thought which allows for different "versions" of reality based on an individual's experience. James argued that there is no such thing as "absolute unity of reality...as fact is based on reality" (Caldwell 578). ...

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According to James Whitman, "Florida International University has one of the best International Business program, as well as Bentley University and Loyola University" they offer great opportunities for people interested in a business degree. ... Being an international business major will teach you "to be a good international leader" because "it is not enough just to study other cultures, we need to learn from them" if we want to succeed in the field (William Franklin, 2). ... Because as William Franklin said: "You will not do your best work with an organiza...

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It is a fine summer day and the new James Bond movie that Jim has been waiting for all year has been released at his local theater. ... The public became aware of these hidden messages in 1956 when a public relations agent named James Vicary announced that he had instigated long lines at a New Jersey movie theater concession stand. ... This was similarly to what Jim saw when he was trying to watch James Bond. ...

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Once the deal was finalized, Jefferson sent in Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark to explore the land, in what he had just purchased, and to find a faster route to the Pacific for commerce. ... Just before the Spanish-American War happened James Polk, who was elected president in 1844, and his party wanted to annex Texas and lay claim to the whole Oregon territory. ...

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The beginnings of imperialistic seeds were sown by Secretary of State James G. ... Nonetheless, Americans were quick to accept Spanish aggression as the cause, in part due to the "yellow journalism" of Joseph Pulitzer and William Rudolph Hearst's dramatic, and occasionally fictitious, stories and "scoops." ...

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The next morning, Ohio Governor James Rhodes announced a "state of emergency" and banned all outdoor demonstrations, on or off campus. ... William Schroeder, an ROTC cadet, had also attended the rally, but a photograph shows him leaving the area just as the bullet struck him. ...

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