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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light -- Old Testament -- Genesis i, 3
And God said: "Let there be light, but make it quick.
And God said: <Maxwell's equations>...and then there was light!
And God saw everything he had made, and he saw that it was very good
and God said, It JUST goes to show Me what the private sector can accomplish....
And God typed M-x let-there-be-light.
And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book viii, Line 43...
And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- In Memoriam, lxiv, Stanza 2...
And had a face like a blessing. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book ii, Chap.
iv...
And have buttered scones for tea.
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -- Reflections on the Revolution in France, -- Thou...

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