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"Which, as our dear old friend Euclid would say, is impossible; because you know, Dad, if that were possible, everything else would be. Come, now, Annie is bringing up your whisky and soda. Put away your problems and take your night cap, and do get to bed in something like respectable time. WHICH OUR DEAR OLD FRIEND EUCLID WOULD SAY IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW DAD IF IT WERE POSSIBLE EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD COME NOW ANNIE'S BRINGING UP YOUR WHISKEY AND SODA PUT AWAY YOUR PROBLEMS AND TAKE YOUR NIGHT CAP AND DO GET TO BED IN SOMETHING LIKE A RESPECTABLE TIME
od facing the Mummy; "I have reason enough to remember that. And what does Professor Hartley say about it?" "He says, my dear Niti," said the Professor, in a voice which had something like a note of awe in it, "that when Pythagoras thought out that problem--which, of course, is not Euclid's at all--he almost saw across the horizon of the world that we live in." "But that," she interrupted, "would be something like looking across the edge of time into eternity, and that--well, of course, that is quite impossible, even to you, Dad, or Mr Hartley. What does he mean?" "He doesn't quite mean that, dear," replied the Professor, still staring straight at the motionless Mummy as though he half expected the lips which had not spoken for fifty centuries to answer the question that was shaping itself in his mind. "What Hartley means, dear, is this--that when Pythagoras thought out that proposition he had almost reached the border which divides the world of three dimensions from the world of four. SIDE AND PUTTING HER HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AS HE STOOD FACING THE MUMMY I HAVE REASON ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT AND WHAT DOES PROFESSOR HARTLY SAY ABOUT IT HE SAYS MY DEAR KNITTY SAID THE PROFESSOR IN A VOICE WHICH HAD SOMETHING LIKE A NOTE OF AWE IN IT THAT WHEN PYTHAGORAS THOUGHT OF THE PROBLEM WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT EUCLID'S AT ALL HE ALMOST SAW ACROSS THE HORIZON OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN BUT THAT SHE INTERRUPTED WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE LOOKING ACROSS THE EDGE OF TIME INTO ETERNITY AND THAT WELL OF COURSE THAT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE EVEN TO YOU DAD OR MISTER HARTLEY WHAT DOES HE MEAN HE DOESN'T QUITE MEAN THAT DEAR REPLIED THE PROFESSOR STILL STARING STRAIGHT AT THE MOTIONLESS MUMMY AS THOUGH HE HALF EXPECTED LIPS WHICH HAD NOT SPOKEN FOR FIFTY CENTURIES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT WAS SHAPING ITSELF IN HIS MIND WHAT HARTLY MEANS DEAR IS THIS THAT WHEN PYTHAGORAS THOUGHT OUT THE PROPOSITION HE ALMOST REACHED THE BORDER WHICH DIVIDES THE WORLD OF THREE DIMENSIONS FROM THE WORLD OF FOUR
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