In paragraph 8 of his letter, Martin Luther King makes the claim of his letter clear when he writes the following:

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy, and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

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In paragraph 8 of his letter, Martin Luther King makes the claim of his letter clear when he writes the following:

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy, and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

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What is the effect of stating his claim midway (paragraph 8) through the letter? Answer the question in complete sentences. In your response, be sure to discuss the purpose and tone of this paragraph and explain how it works with the overall structure and purpose of the letter.