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... Light , or INWARD LIGHT , the distinc- tive theme of the Friends , the direct awareness of God that allows a person to know God's will for him . It was expressed in the teachings of George Fox ( 1624-91 ) , founder of the Friends , who ...
... Light , or INWARD LIGHT , the distinc- tive theme of the Friends , the direct awareness of God that allows a person to know God's will for him . It was expressed in the teachings of George Fox ( 1624-91 ) , founder of the Friends , who ...
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... light waves into a number of beams that travel unequal paths and whose intensities , when reunited , add or subtract ( interfere with each other ) ac- cording to the phase of the waves . This inter- ference takes the visual form of a ...
... light waves into a number of beams that travel unequal paths and whose intensities , when reunited , add or subtract ( interfere with each other ) ac- cording to the phase of the waves . This inter- ference takes the visual form of a ...
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... light and scatter it . Blue light is scattered more than red , so that starlight coming from beyond the clouds is reddened , and the degree of reddening is an in- dication of the amount of matter through which the light has passed ...
... light and scatter it . Blue light is scattered more than red , so that starlight coming from beyond the clouds is reddened , and the degree of reddening is an in- dication of the amount of matter through which the light has passed ...
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