“Sun is the reason
And the world it will bloom
‘Cause sun lights the sky
And the sun lights the moon”
Cat Stevens (1948) British singer-songwriter
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Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)
“The light in the world comes principally from two sources,—the sun, and the student's lamp.”
Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862), Volume II, p. 16.
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