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   answer is no. Accounts of the phrase's origins differ; I think   
   it is based on biblical passages such as Joseph's line in   
   Genesis: "I have dreamed a dream." If so, King's use is   
   transformative (Rule No. 1) and biblical (Rule No. 3).   
      
   Some say King took the phrase from a 1962 sermon by Prathia   
   Hall, a young worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating   
   Committee. Even if that is true, King's use follows the rules.   
   Dr. Hall told me shortly before her death that King "did far   
   more with it than I could have done." (Rule No. 1).   
      
   These ground rules should give us a starting point for   
   considering the inevitable charges of oratorical plagiarism that   
   will occupy the campaigns between now and November.   
      
   The "I Have A Dream" speech borrowed freely from other sources,   
   but it was not plagiarized. Based on what we have seen so far,   
   neither are the speeches of Clinton and Obama.   
      
   Hansen is the author of "The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and   
   the Speech that Inspired a Nation" (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2003).   
   He is a partner in the Seattle office of Susman Godfrey LLP and   
   is raising money for Sen. Obama's presidential campaign. He can   
   be e-mailed at drew@drewhansen.com.   
      
   http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/The-rules-on-   
   plagiarism-with-full-credit-to-MLK-1785866.php   
                   
      
      
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