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Line 10: − − It is difficult to tell whether Abbott is being innocent or sly when he writes: − :I pointed out that in some less civilized States no female is suffered to stand in any public place without swaying her back from right to left. [but] It is considered a disgrace to any state that legislation should have to enforce what ought to be, and is in every respectable female, a natural instinct. The rhythmical and, if I may so say, well-modulated undulation of the back in our ladies of Circular rank is envied and imitated by the wife of a common Equilateral, who can achieve nothing beyond a mere monotonous swing, like the ticking of a pendulum...
On second thought, I'll leave this out
The women of Flatland are straight lines, and are thus lower in status and intelligence than even the isosceles triangles, and even more dangerous:
The women of Flatland are straight lines, and are thus lower in status and intelligence than even the isosceles triangles, and even more dangerous:
: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.
: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.
In the later chapters, the narrator is visited by a three-dimensional sphere who tries to explain the nature of three-dimensional space to him. He does not understand, until finally the sphere drags him into "spaceland." Having grasped the idea of three dimensions, the narrator in turn asks the sphere whether there might not be four dimensions, extending the arguments the sphere used on him.
In the later chapters, the narrator is visited by a three-dimensional sphere who tries to explain the nature of three-dimensional space to him. He does not understand, until finally the sphere drags him into "spaceland." Having grasped the idea of three dimensions, the narrator in turn asks the sphere whether there might not be four dimensions, extending the arguments the sphere used on him.