The Measure of a ManChristian Education Press, 1959 - 34 pages Why nonviolence matters Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism. |
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... able to speak to the conscience of this world . America , in this famine situa- tion , if you will come to yourself and rise up and decide to come back home , I will take you in , for you are made for something high and something noble ...
... able to speak to the conscience of this world . America , in this famine situa- tion , if you will come to yourself and rise up and decide to come back home , I will take you in , for you are made for something high and something noble ...
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... Without him all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrises into darkest nights . Without him , life is a meaning- less drama with the decisive scenes miss- ing . But with him we are able to rise 32 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
... Without him all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrises into darkest nights . Without him , life is a meaning- less drama with the decisive scenes miss- ing . But with him we are able to rise 32 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
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Martin Luther King (Jr.) ing . But with him we are able to rise from the fatigue of despair to the buoy- ancy of hope . With him we are able to rise from the midnight of desperation to the daybreak of joy . St. Augustine was right - we ...
Martin Luther King (Jr.) ing . But with him we are able to rise from the fatigue of despair to the buoy- ancy of hope . With him we are able to rise from the midnight of desperation to the daybreak of joy . St. Augustine was right - we ...
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