There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.

Alan Paton
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Martin Luther King Jr. said, “There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.” In other words, by looking at how we treat those around us, we can begin to understand the way that we treat others as a measure of our own humanity. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words remind us that there is no greater test than how we live our lives.

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