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Dr King's Ethos In I Have A Dream Speech

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Dr. King addressed the masses in a passionate,emotional manner. He didn't fail to point out that society was the issue, he didn't single anyone out. From the way he chose to phrase his words, to keeping his tone serious and firm, without being irate. He used ethos, in saying "And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true". He uses pathos as well, when he states "Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends". Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech is perhaps one of the most crucial speeches to ever be uttered from someone's mouth and it is most definitely gone down in history, to be forever
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