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Thus the aetherial light waves are broken up and shattered, and fall to the earth not with their full energy or power, but in a blended form, or with that reflected energy which we call light.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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Color is an internal sensation originating in the excitation of the optic nerve by a wave action which we call light.
Color Value 1896
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They finish the car, and only charge $8.50 I had them replace the tag light.
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They may have gone far in the mastery of certain universal forms of energy — especially that we call light.
The Moon Pool 2004
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They may have gone far in the mastery of certain universal forms of energy -- especially that we call light.
The Moon Pool 1919
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They may have gone far in the mastery of certain universal forms of energy -- especially that we call light.
The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913
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But it was not this reflection on his hair that arrested him; it was the double use of the word light.
The Light Princess George MacDonald 1864
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We do not begin to know how to harness the potentialities of that magnetic vibration of the ether we call light.”
The Moon Pool 2004
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The guest worker (“Y Visa”) program does even less to let in light.
Immigration 2010
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Receive him into the arms of thy mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light.
Edward Moore Kennedy, R. I. P. fausto 2009
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