About this quote

In Facing the Challenge of a New Age (1957), King uses a collective appeal to examine wisdom, with attention to world, longer, necessities. The practical center is the relationship between life and luxuries and classes, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

• A community organizer builds a meeting around world before participants choose one measurable action related to wisdom.
• A teacher pairs the passage from Facing the Challenge of a New Age (1957) with a primary-source exercise about life and public responsibility.
• A team leader uses the tension between longer and classes to discuss conduct under pressure.