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What does it mean?
The speaker wants to affirm Elvis's decency and goodness to both Elvis and the nation.
In plain terms
He calls Elvis a decent, fine person.
What can you take from it?
Acknowledge positive personal traits of public figures.

Where it applies

  • public tributes
  • media profiles

Putting it to work

  • highlighting good deeds
  • promoting a positive image

Questions to consider

  • What evidence supports this view?
  • How does public perception shape a person's legacy?

Another view

Personal assessments can be subjective and incomplete.

More from Elvis Presley

  1. Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

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  2. A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.

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  3. It was like he came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear, and somehow we all dreamed it.

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