Who Is Martin Luther King Jr.'s Journey To The World?

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke those words and those words have become my reason for living.
Martin Luther King is one of my idols and I admire him greatly. I admire his bravery, his determination, and his kindness. I admire his light that he brought into such a dark world during that time.
Life is filled with all of these magnificent journeys and these journeys begin the moment we are born. These journeys are filled with joy, despair, excitement, fear, darkness, and light. Each of us look and chase for something that will give magnificent light into a world that is filled with so much darkness. Martin Luther King did that with

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