There is an old tale about when the sun was first setting. As her distance narrowed to the horizon, the light on earth slowly diminished. This made way for darkness to creep over the land. The people were afraid that when the sun would finally set, darkness would be permanent. “What will happen to us?” they said. Far, far across the land, in a small hut, a little lantern lifted its wick. It said, “I challenge the darkness. In my small corner, I will not let the darkness settle itself around me.” With this example many other little lanterns in other small huts lifted their wicks to the
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