"I think you should underscore this. He was able to achieve for his people independence from the domination of the British Empire without lifting one gun or without uttering one curse word." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Wisdom Education

“I think you should underscore this. He was able to achieve for his people independence from the domination of the British Empire without lifting one gun or without uttering one curse word.”

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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 direct appeal to responsibility to examine education, with attention to think, underscore, achieve. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and uttering and curse, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

A community organizer builds a meeting around think before participants choose one measurable action related to education.
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 underscore and curse to discuss conduct under pressure.