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Surveyor I and Lunar Orbiter II have illumined the moon as being little more than an ugly grey rock pile.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this station, merit and capacity are not to be considered; nay rather, the resplendent rays of the Sun of Truth, which have illumined these mirrors, must be taken into account.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Through his kindness, Gottfried Keller, Konrad Ferdinand Meyer and other authors have illumined many dreary days of my cell life.

From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature by Goldman, Emma

They have illumined the path with the brightness of their lives and their example, like the star of the magi, that mankind may have light.

From Above the Battle by Rolland, Romain

No matter how clearly, how directly, Lincoln has shown himself in his writings, we yet should not forget those men whose minds, from their various view-points, have illumined for us his character.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Lincoln, Abraham