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God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And if the work be continued long enough, or a multitude of planes be continually drawing on the reservoir of power, the wave must inevitably be flattened. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

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During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

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Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

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Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring. ↗

— S. J. Perelman

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Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class. ↗

— Mark Poster

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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. ↗

— Washington Irving

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There are charms made only for distant admiration. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

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War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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