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Some thoughts on being square

Sydney Smith (1771–1845), a witty parson, writes the following in his Sketches of Moral Philosophy: If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong—and … Continue reading

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