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In Flatland, recognition by sight is a complex and refined process, practiced mainly among the higher classes in more temperate regions. Although it is impossible to distinguish individuals by sight alone in many parts of Flatland, where all figures appear as straight lines, this ability becomes possible due to the presence of fog. In areas with significant fog, objects at a distance appear dimmer, allowing residents to distinguish shapes based on the varying levels of dimness. The practice of recognition…-
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In Flatland, the education system plays a crucial role in determining one’s future, with students progressing through university to pass the Final Test. The Polygonal class, having completed their education, rapidly outpaces the Triangular class in every field. The youth of the Polygonal class, initially showing early vivacity, eventually surpass their triangular peers in skill and knowledge, establishing dominance in various professions. However, a small portion of the Polygonal class fails the Final…
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In Flatland, life is portrayed as rather dull, particularly from an aesthetic and artistic perspective. While the society faces typical human issues such as battles, conspiracies, and political unrest, these problems seem less engaging when compared to the rigid, geometric structure of their world. In Flatland, everything is a straight line, and visual experiences lack variety, restricted to brightness and obscurity. There are no landscapes or art forms as seen in Spaceland, making life, in an artistic…
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At a small party, the company was a pleasure to behold. The richly varied hues of the assembly in a church or theatre were said to have once distracted our greatest teachers and actors; but most ravishing of all was said to have been the unspeakable magnificence of a military review. The sight of a battle line of twenty thousand Isosceles, suddenly facing about, exchanging the sombre black of their bases for the orange of their acute angles; the militia of Equilateral Triangles tricoloured in red, white,…
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Thinking that it was time to bring down the Monarch from his raptures to the level of common sense, I determined to endeavour to open up to him some glimpses of the truth, that is to say of the nature of things in Flatland. So I began thus: "How does your Royal Highness distinguish the shapes and positions of his subjects? I for my part noticed by the sense of sight, before I entered your Kingdom, that some of your people are lines and others Points; and that some of the lines are larger --" "You speak of…
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You are being provided with a book chapter by chapter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chapter. After reading the chapter, 1. shorten the chapter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any important nouns in the chapter. 3. Do not translate the original language. 4. Keep the same style as the original chapter, keep it consistent throughout the chapter. Your reply must comply with all four requirements, or it’s invalid. I will…
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SECTION 16 How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
As soon as the sound of the Peace-cry of my departing Wife had died away, I began to approach the Stranger with the intention of taking a nearer view and of bidding him be seated: but his appearance struck me dumb and motionless with astonishment. Without the slightest symptoms of angularity he nevertheless varied every instant with graduations of size and brightness scarcely possible for any Figure within the scope of my experience. The thought flashed across me that I might have before me a burglar or…-
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How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds. It was in vain. I brought my hardest right angle into violent collision with the Stranger, pressing on him with a force sufficient to have destroyed any ordinary Circle: but I could feel him slowly and unarrestably slipping from my contact; not edging to the right nor to the left, but moving somehow out of the world, and vanishing into nothing. Soon there was a blank. But still I heard the Intruder's voice. Sphere. Why will you refuse to…
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The 18th section of "Flatland" narrates the protagonist's extraordinary journey from the two-dimensional world of Flatland to the incomprehensible realms of Spaceland, under the guidance of a Sphere from this strange world. Overwhelmed initially by a sensation that defies his understanding, the narrator encounters a reality far beyond his comprehension: the existence of a third dimension. Guided by the Sphere, he quickly transitions from terror to awe as he is introduced to the concept of three dimensions,…
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In this segment of "Flatland," the Sphere introduces the narrator, a Square, to the concept of three-dimensional objects by illustrating how a solid figure, such as a cube, is formed through the stacking of squares, challenging the Square's perception limited by his two-dimensional experience. Despite the Sphere's efforts, the Square initially perceives the cube merely as a plane figure with irregular boundaries, highlighting the difficulty of comprehending dimensions beyond one's own perceptual…
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