Letter from Birmingham Jail 1

William W. (United States of America)
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  1. untimely
    badly scheduled
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  2. unwise
    showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  3. constructive
    tending to improve or promote development
    If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.
  4. come across
    be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  5. criticism
    a serious examination and judgment of something
    Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.
  6. confine
    place limits on
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  7. good will
    a disposition to kindness and compassion
    But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.
  8. sincerely
    without pretense
    But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.
  9. clergyman
    a male religious leader, especially a Christian one
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  10. jail
    a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  11. correspondence
    an attribute of a shape or relation
    If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.
  12. statement
    the act of affirming or asserting something
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  13. genuine
    not fake or counterfeit
    But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.
  14. confined
    being in captivity
    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."
  15. reasonable
    showing sound judgment
    But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.
  16. seldom
    not often
    Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.
  17. patient
    enduring trying circumstances with even temper
    But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.
Created on Sat Jan 07 20:34:45 EST 2012 (updated Sat Jan 07 20:38:49 EST 2012)

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