Here was a man of love falling at the hands of a man of hate.

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Source: Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959)

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In Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine love, with attention to falling, hands. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and falling and hands, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

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  • A community organizer builds a meeting around falling before participants choose one measurable action related to love.
  • A teacher pairs the passage from Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
  • A team leader uses the tension between hands and hands to discuss conduct under pressure.