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Polestar

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Polestar: see Polaris Polaris (pōlâr`ĭs) or North Star,
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In the same way Amadis was the polestar, day-star, sun of valiant and devoted knights, whom all we who fight under the banner of love and chivalry are bound to imitate.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or the fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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