The Light Of Unity Rhetorical Analysis

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A small candle light is visible to the naked eye up to 30 miles away. That’s how bright one candle shines.“So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth,” Bahaullah. Now imagine the entire population of the United States, 323.1 million, holding one candle, unified as one nation. Our unity can shine across nations, giving hope to everyone. If one candle’s luminosity can radiate over 30 miles, than over 300 million. This unity was given to us by the Americans before us. I applause anyone and everyone who fought and rebelled for us to be one nation, an indivisible nation, with liberty and justice for all. People like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Junior, who fought for African-American’s rights. People like Stephen

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