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My eyes ranged far over a large space lit by a violent fulguration.— Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English
This double character of events in History and Nature is dimly descried in what we specially call 'nature', but comes more fully into view in the sphere of human history, where each step is at once a deed and a discovery, a contribution to the constitution of the world of fact and a fulguration of the light within illuminating facts as the condition of its own inexhaustible continuance.— Progress and History
"Institutions do not 'evolve,' nor are they 'derived,' they step into existence by fulguration" -- sudden flashes --, "by a process that is technically identical with the theological idea of creation.— Evolution An Investigation and a Critique
The distinction between fulguration and emanation is this: in the latter case the procession is historically defined and complete; in the former case it is momentaneous.— The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

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