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Abbott, Edwin A.

"Flatland"


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Footnote 1. "What need of a certificate?" a Spaceland critic may ask:
"Is not the procreation of a Square Son a certificate from Nature
herself, proving the Equal-sidedness of the Father?" I reply that no
Lady of any position will mary an uncertified Triangle. Square
offspring has somethimes resulted from a slightly Irregular Triangle;
but in almost every such case the Irregularity of the first generation
is visited on the third; which either fails to attain the Pentagonal
rank, or relapses to the Triangular.
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SECTION 4. -- Concerning the Women
If our highly pointed Triangles of the Soldier class are
formidable, it may be readily inferred that far more formidable are
our Women. For, if a Soldier is a wedge, a Woman is a needle; being,
so to speak, _all_ point, at least at the two extremities. Add to
this the power of making herself practically invisible at will, and
you will perceive that a Female, in Flatland, is a creature by no
means to be trifled with.


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