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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Page 12
... sense the " isness " of our present nature is out of harmony with the eter- nal " oughtness " that forever confronts us . We know how to love , and yet we hate . We take the precious lives that God has given us and throw them away in ...
... sense the " isness " of our present nature is out of harmony with the eter- nal " oughtness " that forever confronts us . We know how to love , and yet we hate . We take the precious lives that God has given us and throw them away in ...
Page 17
... sense of dignity . You have treated them as if they were things rather than per- Because of this a famine has broken out in your land . In the midst of all your material wealth , you are spir- itually and morally poverty - stricken , un ...
... sense of dignity . You have treated them as if they were things rather than per- Because of this a famine has broken out in your land . In the midst of all your material wealth , you are spir- itually and morally poverty - stricken , un ...
Page 32
... sense everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see . Plato was right : " The visible is a shadow cast by the invisible . " And so God is still around . All of our new knowledge , all of our new develop- ments ...
... sense everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see . Plato was right : " The visible is a shadow cast by the invisible . " And so God is still around . All of our new knowledge , all of our new develop- ments ...
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