Question

Now one of the first things we notice about this dream is an amazing universalism. It does not say some men, it says all men. It does not say all white men, but it says all men which includes black men. It doesn't say all Protestants, but it says all men which includes Catholics. It doesn't say all Gentiles, it says all men which includes Jews.

—"The American Dream,"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1964

How does this passage make use of an appeal to logos?

It explains what “all men” means and what it includes.
It relies on the use of the word “amazing.”
It focuses on the use of negative words.
It points out differences in religion.

Answer 1

It explains what “all men” means and what it includes.

King uses logical clarification and examples (black men, Catholics, Jews) to show the universal scope of "all men," rather than relying on emotion or negative wording.