Martin Luther King says he would rather live “just a few years in the last half of the 20th century” than any other
time in history
Why did he feel this way?

Explanation:

Because the African Americans had begun the long road to equality. There was evidence that it was working in his favor. There were people being elected to Congress and the Senate who were African American. There was a Supreme Court Justice chosen who was black. Slowly but surely schools and neighborhoods were being integrated. He did not see all of those things. But some were evidently on their way.

Hatred hadn't died. Prejudice wasn't gone. But there were hints.

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the language of nature was a manifestation from god as he said "let there be light" and there was light the world began to assume visible, comprehensible form.

what ever we know now think of the old vision of creation we can be sure that with out the speaking of word -without language- we would have no science today with its striking power to illuminate the world.