There is a Sun of Righteousness, before whose shining all the lesser
human lights are dimmed, as starlight by the sunshine.
The extinction of “starlight” in the daylight is not due to
the vapors of the atmosphere, but to the stronger vibrations
of sunlight, which prevent our eyes perceiving the weaker
vibrations of the starlight, exactly as a stronger sound, say
a cannon-shot, prevents us from hearing a smaller noise, say
a mouse piping; or, as is well known, a larger disturbance in
water extinguishes a smaller one. The smaller noise, the smaller
sound waves, and the smaller light vibrations are not perceived
by our senses when the greater impressions or disturbances
occupy them. (Text.)
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