An ochre ladder and a blue ladder leaning together to form an A shape on a lavender-grey background.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Mutuality makes human lives part of one connected structure. The word inescapable removes the possibility of standing entirely outside it, while network suggests connections extending beyond a single pair of people. The statement locates individual existence within relationships that cannot simply be wished away.

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