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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided man.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
1961
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Technological progressMoral progressProgress
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1961
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "The Man Who Was a Fool." Detroit Council of Churches' Noon Lenten Services. 6 Mar. 1961, Detroit, MI, USA.

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