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fiat lux
FEE-awt luks
phrase
let there be light; let light be
1901Orison Swett MardenAn Iron WillIt is a part of the divine nature, all of a piece with the power of creation. We speak of God's fiat Fiat Lux, Let light be.' Man has his fiat. The achievements of history have been the choices, the determinations, the creations, of the human will.1959Walter M. MillerA Canticle For LeibowitzDixitque Deus: FIAT LUX, said the inventor in a tone of command.1984Neal StephensonThe Big UHe activated the terminal, and the computer asked him for the number of his account, Instead of typing in an account number, though, Virgil typed: FIAT LUX.

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