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Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

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Like anybody, I woud ike to i!e - a ong i"e# onge!ity has its pace.
$ut I%& not concerned about that now. I just want to do 'od%s wi. (nd
)e%s aowed &e to go up to the &ountain. (nd I%!e ooked o!er. (nd I%!e
seen the *ro&ised Land. I &ay not get there with you. $ut I want you to
know tonight, that we, as a peope, wi get to the *ro&ised Land. So I%&
happy, tonight. I%& not worried about anything. I%& not "earing any &an.
Mine eyes ha!e seen the gory o" the co&ing o" the Lord.+
,-.cerpt "ro& /I%!e $een to the Mountaintop/. (pri 0, 1123.4
5 6ohn Donne was right. 7o &an is an isand and the tide that 8s
e!ery &an is a piece o" the continent, a part o" the &ain. (nd he goes on
toward the end to say, /any &an%s death di&inishes &e because I%&
in!o!ed in &ankind. 9here"ore, it%s not to know "or who& the be tos, it
tos "or thee./
("The Other America" Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Grosse Pointe High choo! "
March #$, #%&'.(
Let us reai:e that the arc o" the &ora uni!erse is ong, but it bends
toward justice.+
,-.cerpt "ro& ;here do we go "ro& here+. 12 (ugust 112<# (tanta,
'eorgia.4
=ne o" the great &is"ortunes o" history is that a too &any
indi!iduas and institutions 8nd the&se!es in a great period o" change
and yet "ai to achie!e the new attitudes and outooks that the new
situation de&ands. 9here is nothing &ore tragic than to seep through a
re!oution. (nd there can be no gainsaying o" the "act that a socia
re!oution is taking pace in our word today.+
,-.cerpt "ro& Don%t seep through the >e!oution+. Delivered by Dr.
Martin Luther King. Jr. at the Unitarian Universalist Association General
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Assembly Hollywood, lorida
May !", !#$$.4