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Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes: There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.
         

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.


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