Step 1: read john winthrop’s “a model of christian charity.”
step 2: listen to the speeches from kennedy and reagan and pay careful attention to how they make use of the “city upon a hill” phrase. puritan leader john winthrop’s description of american as a “city upon a hill” contributed to the idea of american exceptionalism. the phrase has been recycled by a number of politicians, most notably john f. kennedy and ronald reagan.
(click here to view former president john f. kennedy’s speech) (click here to view former president ronald reagan’s speech)
step 3: based on the speeches of each, how do you think they interpret the phrase “city upon a hill? ” are their interpretations similar to or different from winthrop’s interpretation? consider also that kennedy used the phrase when entering office and reagan used the phrase as a farewell when leaving office.

What can you predict about the rest of the story? a) it will be about an eighteen-year-old girl. b) it will be about the aubignys falling in love. c) it will be about armand aubigny's father taking him to paris. d) it will be about the relationship between arman aubigny and the girl. e) it will be about an economic revolution led by aubigny.

What does it meam to write about something that went well today and reflect on its causes

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.