![]() ![]() ![]() King also knew how to make use of imagery – although, if one is being completely candid, he did lay it on a little thick. ![]() The same cannot be said of certain other mesmerizing orators – Hitler comes most immediately to mind – which makes their oratory sound repugnant, not compelling. King also possessed the great advantage of having justice on his side. But many ministers speak in similar cadences today, in Sunday sermons that are forgotten by noon. It is hard to read the text now without hearing the words roll through your mind on the waves of his unmistakable cadence. What made King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered at the March on Washington 50 years ago today, so mighty? His style of oratory, no doubt. Martin Luther King packed more power than in all the hate of all the bigots arrayed against him. It stopped short of 1,600 words – a point at which many public figures who have far less to say are just getting warmed up. ![]()
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