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In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.

"Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Venus transit: It’s not about the ‘spectacle’" by Emi Kolawole, www.washingtonpost.com. June 5, 2012.

You are safe inside your mind. No one can reach you there.

Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

Arthur Schopenhauer (2007). “Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays”, p.75, Cosimo, Inc.

It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in th' eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark.

John Milton (1785). “Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin”, p.18

An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.14, Courier Corporation

I’ve chosen my life — now I want to start living it.

"Eclipse". Book by Stephenie Meyer, August 7, 2007.

A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.

William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick (1970). “The Country Wife”, p.32, Barron's Educational Series