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English 8:12 Educational

Kennedy's Greatest Speech: A Tiny Ripple of Hope

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There is discrimination

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in this world and slavery

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and slaughter and starvation.

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Governments repress their people;

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millions are trapped in poverty

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while the nation grows rich and wealth is

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lavished on armaments everywhere.

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These are differing evils,

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but they are the common works of man.

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They reflect the imperfection of human justice,

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the inadequacy of human compassion, our lack of sensibility

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towards the suffering of our fellows.

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But we can perhaps remember even if only for a time

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that those who live with us are our brothers;

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that they share with us the same short moment of life;

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that they seek as we do

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nothing but the chance to live out their lives

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in purpose and happiness,

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winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.

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Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal,

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can begin to teach us something.

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Surely, we can learn, at least,

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to look at those around us as fellow men.

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And surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up

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