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11. Influence outside of Greek culture During his presidential campaign in 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy quoted Aeschylus on the night of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Kennedy was notified of Kings murder before a campaign stop in Indianapolis, Indiana and warned not to attend the event due to fears of rioting from the mostly African-American crowd. Kennedy insisted on attending and delivered an impromptu speech that delivered news of Kings death to the crowd. Acknowledging the audiences emotions, Kennedy referred to his own grief at the murder of his brother, President John F. Kennedy and said: “My favorite poet was Aeschylus. He once wrote: ”Even in our sleep, pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black... Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. The speech is now considered to be Kennedys finest as well as one of the greatest speeches in American history. 3. reverse vt. change a decision, judgment, etc. to the  opposite a. opposite to what is expected or has just been  described n. (the ~) the opposite; the other way round e.g. Words and Expressions—Word Using Practice The appeal court reversed the original decision  and set the prisoner free. It hasn’t happened. The reverse has happened. The sentence is in reverse order. 德国的情况正好相反。 Translation 还需要作更多的努力，以扭转集权趋势。 当然我并非不喜欢你，情况正好相反！ More efforts are required to reverse the trend  to