Well, that is just what we see when one of our triangular or other
acquaintances comes towards us in Flatland. As there is neither sun
with us, nor any light of such a kind as to make shadows, we have none
of the helps to the sight that you have in Spaceland. If our friend
comes closer to us we see his line becomes larger; if he leaves us it
becomes smaller; but still he looks like a straight line; be he a
Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, Circle, what you will -- a
straight Line he looks and nothing else.
You may perhaps ask how under these disadvantages circumstances we
are able to distinguish our friends from one another: but the answer
to this very natural question will be more fitly and easily given when
I come to describe the inhabitants of Flatland. For the present let
me defer this subject, and say a word or two about the climate and
houses in our country.
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SECTION 2. -- Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
As with you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass
North, South, East, and West.
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