Apparently the quote is an appended version of a passage that appeared in MLK's book _Strength to Love_:
http://books.google.com/books?id=errxX4tzSMcC&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false How it joined the first sentence is not clear. A facebook post has been credited: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/anatomy-of-a-fake-quotation/238257/ But I prefer to think that the amalgam originated here: http://christianhomekeeper.org/blog/i-will-not-rejoice/ Best, Shawn On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:01 AM, siddharth <sidh...@gmail.com> wrote: > apparently this isn't even by MLK in the first place. > > http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/05/out-of-osamas-death-a-fake-quotation-is-born/238220/ > > !!! > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Nicholas Thompson < > nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice >> in the death of one, not even an enemy. >> >> Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night >> already devoid of stars." >> >> >> >> ~ Martin Luther King >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Nicholas S. Thompson >> >> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology >> >> Clark University >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ >> >> http://www.cusf.org >> >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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