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This square, an inhabitant of Flatland named A Square, receives a portentous visit from a sphere who takes him on trips to Pointland, Lineland and Spaceland.
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Then Sphere takes Square to see the Point, living in Pointland.
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Then Sphere takes Square to see the Point, living in Pointland.
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“Can you not startle the little thing out of its complacency?” said I. “Tell it what it really is, as you told me; reveal to it the narrow limitations of Pointland, and lead it up to something higher.”
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Spaceland; now, in order to complete the range of thy experience, I conduct thee downward to the lowest depth of existence, even to the realm of Pointland, the Abyss of No dimensions.
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"Can you not startle the little thing out of its complacency?" said I. "Tell it what it really is, as you told me; reveal to it the narrow limitations of Pointland, and lead it up to something higher."
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) Edwin Abbott Abbott 1882
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Spaceland; now, in order to complete the range of thy experience, I conduct thee downward to the lowest depth of existence, even to the realm of Pointland, the Abyss of No dimensions.
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) Edwin Abbott Abbott 1882
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Spaceland; now, in order to complete the range of thy experience, I conduct thee downward to the lowest depth of existence, even to the realm of Pointland, the Abyss of No dimensions.
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions Edwin Abbott Abbott 1882
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"Can you not startle the little thing out of its complacency?" said I. "Tell it what it really is, as you told me; reveal to it the narrow limitations of Pointland, and lead it up to something higher."
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions Edwin Abbott Abbott 1882
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Line, and a Line is a mere shadow as compared with —” “Hush, hush, you have said enough,” interrupted the Sphere, “now listen, and mark the effect of your harangue on the King of Pointland.”
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