Treasure of a Different Kind
The Fresnel lens is a treasure of a different kind. Its yield is light and goodness. Its value – worth more than a king’s ransom, cannot be corralled or hoarded by those with self-seeking desires. For the Fresnel lens was far too precious a gift to humanity not to be shared with all.
Its magnificence – fashioned of bedazzling prisms and brass unblemished, was created to share light far and wide upon the darkened deep. Creed, flag and status were inconsequential. If a living soul was in danger amid a sea tossed or shrouded, light must reach them with a luster beyond compare.
The Fresnel lens is a treasure that saves, a treasure that guides, a treasure that delights. Shining on high, its benevolence is unconditional and its opulence, incalculable. Its gains are the countless lives saved – its dividends the benefits and artistry such a rich legacy has granted a posterity.
Thank you Augustin Fresnel – your gift to the world still gleams through time!
Bob, thank you for sharing this! I'm continually amazed and pleased how to me anyway, you give the lighthouses and their lights a Christlike, Godlike, Biblical connotation.