Eclipse

Eclipse

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. An eclipse is a type of syzygy.

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    “He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

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