About this quote

In Rediscovering Lost Values (1954), King uses a collective appeal to examine ethics, with attention to trouble, scientific, genius. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and behind and moral, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

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