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3. Grief is certainly what I feel more & more often these days. And for my money, MLK's speeches

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 05:23 PM

Mar 2015

& writings are in the top tier of American speeches so far as beauty and inspirational quality go.

I personally find the biblical turns of phrase very beautiful, and yes, the appeal to a benevolent force that supersedes the ugliness so often found in human dealings is sometimes all that keeps me going.

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