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LIGHTNING [ Also see Thunder ] It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;   Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be     Ere one can say 'It lightens.'       - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet          (Juliet at II, ii) It is vain to look for a defence against lightning.       - Syrus (Publilius Syrus), Maxims He snatched the thunderbolt from heaven, the sceptre from tyrants.   [Lat., Eripuit caelo fulmen, mox sceptra tyrannis.]       - Anne Robert Jacques Turgot,         inscription for the Houdon bust of Franklin Last Revised: 2008 June 30 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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