Let us pray now for the future dead. Though we do not yet know their names, we know that there shall be far too many of them.

About This Quote

Let us pray now for the future dead. Though we do not yet know their names, we know that there shall be far too many of them. This quote is an extension of the eulogy given by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

on the 6th of April 1968 at the funeral of his friend and advisor Ralph Abernathy. He spoke of how he believed that Abernathy had risen again after death, and would continue to do so until he was "changed into that which can never die."

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