Re: off topic....., but still

Posted by Shawn Barr on May 04, 2011; 10:58pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/off-topic-but-still-tp6327815p6332666.html

Apparently the quote is an appended version of a passage that appeared in MLK's book _Strength to Love_:

http://books.google.com/books?id=errxX4tzSMcC&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false


How it joined the first sentence is not clear.  A facebook post has been credited:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/anatomy-of-a-fake-quotation/238257/

But I prefer to think that the amalgam originated here:

http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/i-will-not-rejoice/


Best,
Shawn

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:01 AM, siddharth <[hidden email]> wrote:

apparently this isn't even by MLK in the first place.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/out-of-osamas-death-a-fake-quotation-is-born/238220/

!!!

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Nicholas Thompson <[hidden email]> wrote:

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars."

 

~ Martin Luther King

 

 

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

http://www.cusf.org

 

 

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