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He who can number and name and call the stars is able also to call each of them by name even out of their captivity.

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  1. noun A self-luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy generated by nuclear reactions in the interior is balanced by the outflow of energy to the surface, and the inward-directed gravitational forces are balanced by the outward-directed gas and radiation pressures.
  2. noun Any of the celestial bodies visible at night from Earth as relatively stationary, usually twinkling points of light.
  3. noun Something regarded as resembling such a celestial body.

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  • Learning how to walk long distances carrying loads up to one-third of your bodyweight, walking over difficult terrain at night without the use of torches and navigational skills using a compass/ map or the stars are also useful skills. —  How can I Train Myself for Jihad
  • Falsely they tell of thy dying Thou that art older than Death And never the Hoerselberg hid thee Whatever the slanderer saith For the stars are as heralds forerunning When laughter and love combine At twilight, in thy light, Melaenis That heard me, (the glory is thine And let the heart of Atys At last, at last, be mine! —  Chivalry
  • The touch of her hand by the brook under the stars was as nothing to this. —  Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
  • But as they journeyed, Beatrice spoke to him of many things he had not understood, and while she talked, Heaven grew plainer and he saw that the stars were all shining together in a soft radiance, like the halos of many saints. —  Child Stories from the Masters Being a Few Modest Interpretations of Some Phases of the Master Works Done in a Child Way
  • When some mornings we made from twenty-five to forty miles before sunrise, the Indians began to think the stars were about right after all, and the Missionary's watch very fast. —  By Canoe and Dog-Train
 

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