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Light is the symbol of truth.
Light is the symbol of truth.
For I light my candle from their torches.
For I light my candle from their torches.
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
There are two kinds of light--the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.
Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into read more
Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into darkness.
 Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that 
intense light will not make it read more 
 Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that 
intense light will not make it beautiful. 
 He was a burning and shining light: and ye were willing for a 
season to rejoice in his light.  
 He was a burning and shining light: and ye were willing for a 
season to rejoice in his light. 
In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace
In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace
 Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
 War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
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 Or, if there were a sympathy in choice,
 War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,
  Making it momentany as a sound,
   Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
    Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
     That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
      And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'
       The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
        So quick bright things come to confusion. 
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
Even a small star shines in the darkness.