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Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes: Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
         

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.


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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
         



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