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Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them.
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Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.
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