How long does it take to read The Measure of a Man?
The Measure of a Man by Martin Luther King Jr. takes about 1 hour 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 5 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1959. 59 pages, about 16,225 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Why nonviolence matters. Eloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism.
Subjects: Man (Christian theology), Theological anthropology, Christianity, Portraits, Theological anthropolgy
