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  2. City upon a Hill - Wikipedia

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    "City upon a hill" is a phrase derived from the teaching of salt and light in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. [n 1] Originally applied to the city of Boston by early 17th century Puritans, it came to adopt broader use in political rhetoric in United States politics, that of a declaration of American exceptionalism, and referring to America acting as a "beacon of hope" for the world.

  3. Beacon - Wikipedia

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    A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse , which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port.

  4. Constant-Désiré Despradelle - Wikipedia

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    The Beacon would also represent the future with its benefits to be drawn from "technological leaps forward" in the approaching century. At the apex was to be a brilliant beacon of light with a figurative sculpture called Spirit of Progress to embody what Despradelle called the upward-looking Christian in America.

  5. Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    The closer light is referred to as the beacon or front range; the further light is called the rear range. The rear range light is almost always taller than the front. When a vessel is on the correct course, the two lights align vertically, but when the observer is out of position, the difference in alignment indicates the direction of travel to ...

  6. Linda Nolan’s death announced on Loose Women as panel pay ...

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    Linda Nolan's death was today announced on ITV's Loose Women as the panel paid a special tribute to the singer, describing her as a “'beacon of light. The TV star, best known for being one-fifth ...

  7. Matthew 5:14 - Wikipedia

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    Hilary of Poitiers: It is the nature of a light to emit its rays whithersoever it is carried about, and when brought into a house to dispel the darkness of that house.. Thus the world, placed beyond the pale of the knowledge of God, was held in the darkness of ignorance, till the light of knowledge was brought to it by the Apostles, and thenceforward the knowledge of God shone bright, and from ...

  8. Noelia Voigt 'Grateful' to Be 'Beacon of Light for People ...

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    "The fact that I've been able to kind of shed a light on that and be someone that people can look up to in that sense and, you know, let people know," she said, "that if something isn’t good for ...

  9. Leading lights - Wikipedia

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    Leading lights are sometimes designed to be movable, allowing their position to be shifted in the event of a change in the safe channel; these include one at Hilton Head, South Carolina, the original Chatham Light, and the Nantucket Beacon, predecessor to the Nantucket Harbor Range shown above.