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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... causes us to cry out with Augustine , " Lord , make me pure , but not yet . " There is something within all of us that causes us to affirm with the apostle Paul , " The good that I would , I do not ; and the evil that I would not , I do ...
... causes us to cry out with Augustine , " Lord , make me pure , but not yet . " There is something within all of us that causes us to affirm with the apostle Paul , " The good that I would , I do not ; and the evil that I would not , I do ...
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... cause he had the mental equipment for a dangerous altruism . He was great be- cause he 26 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
... cause he had the mental equipment for a dangerous altruism . He was great be- cause he 26 THE MEASURE OF A MAN.
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... cause he could surround the length of his life with the breadth of life . He was great not only because he had ascended to certain heights of economic security , but because he could condescend to the depths of human need . All this has ...
... cause he could surround the length of his life with the breadth of life . He was great not only because he had ascended to certain heights of economic security , but because he could condescend to the depths of human need . All this has ...
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