It is only now and then in some very remote and backward ag… - Edwin A. Abbott

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It is only now and then in some very remote and backward agricultural district that an antiquarian may still discover a square house.

Edwin A. Abbott

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Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926) was an English schoolmaster and theologian, most famous as the author of the social satire Flatland (1884), widely noted for its use of mathematical dimensions in religious and political allegories.

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It is only now and then in some very remote and backward agricultural district that an antiquarian may still discover a square house. - Edwin A. Abbott

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