Dr King Noble Peace Prize Speech Analysis

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For if we lose that faith -- if we dismiss it as silly or naive; if we disassociate it from the decisions we make on issues of war and peace -- then at that point,we lose what is best about humanity. Thus,losing our sense of possibilities. our moral compass. Dr. King said,it best in 1964 during his Noble Peace Prize speech ; "I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the 'isness' of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal 'oughtness' that forever confronts him."
Thus, let us reach for the world that ought to be -- that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls. Let us live by the examples of those that fought for

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