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A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech by Robert F. Kennedy

Explain how Kennedy develops his ideas/claims in paragraphs 7-12. Cite textual evidence to support your answer.

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What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice towards those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black.So I shall ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, that’s true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love—a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We’ve had difficult times in the past. We will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; it is not the end of disorder.But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land.Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and to make gentle the life of this world.Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.

Kennedy is speaking toward healing divisions, aspiring to a sense of community and unity, following Dr. King's lead and embracing his work, honoring King for his diligence and dream of equality and justice in America.

compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice towards those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black

return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King, that’s true, but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love—a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.

the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land.

• tame the savageness of man and to make gentle the life of this world.L