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Hearkening back to that quote by Dr. King, it also acknowledges the progress toward justice through the ages.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021

And quoth Tohfah, "Hearkening and obedience, O my lady."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Hearkening behind and in front, on the right and the left, I followed him in the direction of what I have since learned to call the Jardin des Plantes.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Hearkening a little longer, he hears the sound again, apparently further off, and as his practised ear tells him, the distance increasing.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.

What have I done, that I should stand with these Hearkening the dread shouts borne upon the breeze, While she, far off, sits weeping 'neath her trees?

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William