Both Uses
yearn
in
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
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- The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro.†
yearning = strongly desiring; or a strong desire
- I suppose I should have realized that few members of the oppressor race can understand the deep groans and passionate yearnings of the oppressed race, and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent and determined action.†
*yearnings = strong desires
Definitions:
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(1)
(yearn) have a strong desire -- often for something difficult or impossible to have
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)