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Lover's Leap

Lover's Leap Never one to turn down a dare, Nathan snatched the chalk sock from Brandon’s hands and began applying a healthy layer of climbers chalk on his hands. No more words were exchanged. Nathan clapped his hands together, adjusted his sunglasses, and like a prize fighter sizing up his next victim, let his gaze follow the rock formation from base to summit. A wall of treacherous stone towered over him, reaching more than 400 feet toward the heavens. His face held a mask of battle-hardened determination. Nathan’s mind was free of fear. As clear as the blue sky that spanned from horizon to horizon above him, his thoughts h

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Lover's Leap

Lover's Leap Never one to turn down a dare, Nathan snatched the chalk sock from Brandon’s hands and began applying a healthy layer of climbers chalk on his hands. No more words were exchanged. Nathan clapped his hands together, adjusted his sunglasses, and like a prize fighter sizing up his next victim, let his gaze follow the rock formation from base to summit. A wall of treacherous stone towered over him, reaching more than 400 feet toward the heavens. His face held a mask of battle-hardened determination. Nathan’s mind was free of fear. As clear as the blue sky that spanned from horizon to horizon above him, his thoughts h

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Lover's Leap

Lover's Leap Never one to turn down a dare, Nathan snatched the chalk sock from Brandon’s hands and began applying a healthy layer of climbers chalk on his hands. No more words were exchanged. Nathan clapped his hands together, adjusted his sunglasses, and like a prize fighter sizing up his next victim, let his gaze follow the rock formation from base to summit. A wall of treacherous stone towered over him, reaching more than 400 feet toward the heavens. His face held a mask of battle-hardened determination. Nathan’s mind was free of fear. As clear as the blue sky that spanned from horizon to horizon above him, his thoughts h

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US Constitution: The Man behind the Quill

James Madison is often sited as the "Father of the Constitution" though, even in his own words, the constitution was not "the off-spring of a single brain," but "the work of many heads and many hands." It is largely accepted that Pennsylvania representative Gouverneur Morris wrote the preamble and Jacob Shallus, Assistant Clerk to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, actually pinned the United States Constitution. In truth, there were many great men and patriots responsible for the framework of the Constitution, some of which were not even present at the time of its construction; Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine chiefly among them

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The Erosion of Time

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