fiat lux
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The Count, the invisible providence of this invisible world, alone could give it external life and utter the fiat lux of eternity.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
The mystic word that from afar God spake and made you rose and star, The fiat lux that bade you shine.
From The Worshipper of the Image by Richard Le Gallienne
Mr. Reid cries fiat lux, and carries the proclamation into effect, like the impatient gentleman who broke the windows which were obscured by the too frequent repetition of that motto burnt in on every pane.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
The reasons which she gave made no impression on me; I did not even understand them: the moment of the fiat lux was not yet come.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
That chaos, the human heart, hears the fiat lux!
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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