Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.

 

Let the dog bark; the moon shall beam on.
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As quoted in Gholam R. Afkhami (2009) The life and times of the Shah, page 261
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The 'dog' was a reference to Khomeini

 

Muhammad Reza Pahlavi

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A simple calculation shows that from the classical theory follows that we should find a broadening of the beam with the maximum intensity on the place of the beam without field. However, from the quantum theory follows that we should find there no intensity at all, and deflected molecules on both sides. The beam should split up in two beams corresponding to the two orientations of the magnet. The experiment decided in favor of the quantum theory.

 

Otto Stern

 

The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps — does anybody know where it was born? Yes, there is a rumor that a young pale beam of a crescent moon touched the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud, and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew-washed morning.

 

Rabindranath Tagore

 

He told of journeys,
                    of where sun and moon go while we stand in dark,
                    of an earth-journey he dreamed he would take some day
deeper than roots ...
He told of the dreams of man, wars, passions, griefs,
                    and I, a tree, understood words – ah, it seemed
my thick bark would split like a sapling's that
                                                            grew too fast in the spring
when a late frost wounds it.

 

Denise Levertov

 

Although the semicircle of the Moon is placed above the circle of the Sun and would appear to be superior, nevertheless we know that the Sun is ruler and King. We see that the Moon in her shape and her proximity rivals the Sun with her grandeur, which is apparent to ordinary men, yet the face, or a semi-sphere of the Moon, always reflects the light of the Sun.

 

John Dee

 

There are, certainly, differing degrees of devotion among Moon's followers; the fact that they bow at the right moment or shout "Mansei!" in unison doesn't mean they believe everything Moon says, or do precisely what he commands. Even on important issues, like Moon's claiming to be the messiah, there are church members whom I met, including a close aide to Moon, who demur. A religious leader whom they respect and whose theology they believe, yes; the messiah, perhaps not.

 

Sun Myung Moon