About this quote

In Rediscovering Lost Values (1954), King uses a collective appeal to examine compassion, with attention to trying, mercy, world. The practical center is the relationship between ethics and moral and foundations, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

• A community organizer builds a meeting around trying before participants choose one measurable action related to compassion.
• A teacher pairs the passage from Rediscovering Lost Values (1954) with a primary-source exercise about ethics and public responsibility.
• A team leader uses the tension between mercy and foundations to discuss conduct under pressure.