Annotations 4. Based on the passage, what does angling discords" mean?
What must people do to transform the nation?
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every
hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made
plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of
the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of
despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform
the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of
brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to
pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up
for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning "My country. 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty.
of thee I sing. land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's
pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So
let freedom ting from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let
freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom
ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!... From
every mountainside, let freedom ring
And when this happens when we allow freedom to ring when
we let it ring from every village and every hamlet from every state
and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of
God's children, black men and white men Jews and Gentiles
Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the
words of the old Negro spiritual. "Free at last Free at lasti Thank
God Almighty, we are free at last!"
5. How does the author's use of repetition affect his speech?
6 What is the author's purpose of this speech? How do you
know?