King recites a section from John Donne’s “Meditation XVII” (1624).

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Source: Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965)

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In Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine wisdom, with attention to recites, section, donne. The practical center is the relationship between life and donne and meditation, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

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  • A community organizer builds a meeting around recites before participants choose one measurable action related to wisdom.
  • A teacher pairs the passage from Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965) with a primary-source exercise about life and public responsibility.
  • A team leader uses the tension between section and meditation to discuss conduct under pressure.