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Lightning

The woman was strong-minded, and she was religious, and she was also afflicted with a very feminine fear of thunder storms. She was delivering an address at a religious convention when a tempest suddenly broke with din of thunder and flare of lightning. Above the noise of the elements, her voice was heard in shrill supplication:

“O Lord, take us under Thy protecting wings, for Thou knowest that feathers are splendid non-conductors.”

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