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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... basic point in the doctrine of man - that man is a being of spirit . This is what the psalm- ist means when he says , " Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor . " Man has rational capacity ; man has a mind ; man can reason . This ...
... basic point in the doctrine of man - that man is a being of spirit . This is what the psalm- ist means when he says , " Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor . " Man has rational capacity ; man has a mind ; man can reason . This ...
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... great heritage and strayed away into a far country of segre- gation and discrimination . You have trampled over sixteen million of your brothers . You have deprived them of sons . the basic goods of life . You have 16 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
... great heritage and strayed away into a far country of segre- gation and discrimination . You have trampled over sixteen million of your brothers . You have deprived them of sons . the basic goods of life . You have 16 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
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Martin Luther King (Jr.) sons . the basic goods of life . You have taken from them their self - respect and their sense of dignity . You have treated them as if they were things rather than per- Because of this a famine has broken out ...
Martin Luther King (Jr.) sons . the basic goods of life . You have taken from them their self - respect and their sense of dignity . You have treated them as if they were things rather than per- Because of this a famine has broken out ...
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