ASSIGNMENTS COURSES
Assignment - 10. "Poem". Interpretation
Attempt 1 of 2
SECTION 4 OF 4
QUESTION 10 OF 10
Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
To construct peace, to make love, to reconcile
Waking with sleeping, ourselves with each other,
Ourselves with ourselves. We would try by any means
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To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves,
To let go the means, to wake.
In a paragraph of least 100 hundred words), describe what the speaker is suggesting about constructing peace and
whether you think her solution is possible. Support your answer by paraphrasing the lines. Further support your opinion
with personal observations of what you know about war.
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c)an idealized view of nature. hope this

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is

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mprove the economic conditions for farmers