"I've Been To The Mountaintop"

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

On this day in 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I've Been To The Mountaintop" speech in Memphis, Tenn.

 

The most prophetic lines of the speech were:

 

"Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t really matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live – a long life; longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will."

 

He was killed by an assassin's bullet the next day. (VIDEO) http://newsone.com/2343571/martin-luther-king-mountaintop-speech/