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01.07.2021 • 
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What tone does Martin Luther King, Jr. create through his choice of words in the following portion of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech?
After contemplation, I conclude that this award which
receive on behalf of that movement is a profound
recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial
political and moral question of our time - the need for
man to overcome oppression and violence without
resorting to violence and oppression. Civilization and
violence are antithetical concepts. Negroes of the United
States, following the people of India, have demonstrated
that nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful
moral force which makes for social transformation. Sooner
or later all the people of the world will have to discover a
way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this
pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of
brotherhood. If this is to be achieved, man must evolve for
all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,
aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a
method is love
O A. Angry
O B. Powerful
OC. Hopeful
O D. Concerned

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