''To promote literature in this rising empire and to encourage the arts, have ever been amongst the warmest wishes of my heart.'' (George Washington, 1798, first president of the United States and first major benefactor of Washington and Lee University) Describe a work of art that has influenced you, and discuss the impact it has had on you.

Which of the following is an example of the endocrine system maintaining homeostasis? detecting a pain stimulus and sending a signal to the spinal cord to perform an automatic response discharging an excessive amount of hormones in the blood and not sending a signal to stop production releasing hormones that speed up heart rate and blood pressure while slowing body functions like digestion and growth using sense organs to get information about the outside world and direct an appropriate body response release