About this quote

In Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965), King uses a direct appeal to responsibility to examine wisdom, with attention to broaden, interest, include. The practical center is the relationship between life and fields and persued, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

• A community organizer builds a meeting around broaden 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 interest and persued to discuss conduct under pressure.