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Never shall we apprehend the nature of true divinity nor the true divineness of Jesus of Nazareth, the Carpenter's Son, till we learn to moralize our theology, training ourselves to lay less stress on "Almighty" … we must lay far more stress on "Wise" and "Good."

— Edwin Abbott Abbott

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I declared that I could say nothing more, and that I must commit myself to the Truth, whose cause would surely prevail in the end.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)

I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)

'One touch of Nature makes all worlds akin.'

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)

As to the doctrine of the Circles it may briefly be summed up in a single maxim, "Attend to your Configuration."

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)

"Infinite beatitude of existence! It is; and there is none else beside It."

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884)

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