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I say to you this morning
that if you have never
found something
so dear and so precious to you
that you will die for it
then you aren't fit to live
You may be 38 years old
as I happen to be
And one day some great
opportunity stands
before you
And calls upon you to stand up
for some great principle
Some great issue some great cause
And you refuse to do it
because you are afraid
You refuse to do it
because you want to live longer
You're afraid
that you will lose your job
Or you're afraid
that you will bе criticized
Or that you will
lose your popularity
Or you're afraid
that somеbody will stab you
or shoot at you or bomb your house
Aand so you refuse
to take the stand
Well you may go on
and live until you are 90
But you're just as dead at 38
as you would be at 90
And the sensation of breathing
in your life is
but the belated announcement
of an earlier death of the spirit
You died when you refused
to stand up for right
You died when you refused
to stand up for truth
You died when you refused
to stand up for justice