Carolina Quotes
But, as I have said many times before, it isn’t how long one lives, but how well. It’s what one accomplishes for mankind that matters.
Benjamin Mays Carolinian
Source
Eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr., Morehouse College, Atlanta, April 9, 1968; text via Bates College
- form
- speech
- work
- Eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr.
- year
- 1968
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