hiː wʌz kɹˈɛdɪɾᵻd baɪ mˈɑːɹtɪn lˈuːðɚ kˈɪŋ dʒˌeɪˈɑːɹ., ɐ stˈuːdənt ʌv hɪz æt bˈɔstən æz wˈɛl æz kɔːɹˈɛɾə skˈɑːt kˈɪŋ ɪn lˈeɪɾɚ jˈɪɹz, æz bˌiːɪŋ ɐn ɪmpˈoːɹtənt ˈɪnfluːəns ɪn kˈɪŋz pˈɪlɡɹɪmɪdʒ tə nˌɑːnvˈaɪələns æz ɐ fɪlˈɑːsəfi ʌv sˈoʊʃəl tʃˈeɪndʒ.
He was credited by Martin Luther King Jr., a student of his at Boston (as well as Coretta Scott King in later years), as being an important influence in King's pilgrimage to nonviolence as a philosophy of social change.