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A Breathtaking Proposal

The sky grew black as the eastern hemisphere   rotated into the darkness.   Away from the light of the sun the night became cold.   The hearts had grown cold long ago.   Plunged into darkness by a wayward choice.   A stretch for power beyond ourselves. A taste had sentenced the generations to darkness of heart and coldness of spirit that even the   warm morning sun   could not drive away. Except that night there was a rather brilliant star intruding on the inky blackness.   The   dazzling twinkle taunted its pale brothers in the sky.   And it drew the eye.   Captured the gaze.   And for centuries before there had been twinkles of light that seemed to point the way.   Signs of hope given in the midst of despair.   The light of miracles and divine intervention.   Dotting history, they had grabbed the heart and drawn the gaze.   Illuminating the path and giving hope of what was to come.   Of WHO was to come. In the chill of that night a muff