It was in old days, with our learned men, an interesting...

It was in old days, with our learned men, an interesting and oft-investigated question, "What is the origin of light?" and the solution of it has been repeatedly attempted, with no other result than to crowd our lunatic asylums with the would-be solvers. Hence, after fruitless attempts to suppress such investigations indirectly by making them liable to a heavy tax, the Legislature, in comparatively recent times, absolutely prohibited them.

Edwin Abbott Abbott

Chapter 2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) - PART I: THIS WORLD

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It was in old days, with our learned men, an interesting and oft-investigated question, What is the origin of light? and the solution of it has been...

It was in old days, with our learned men, an interesting and oft-investigated question, What is the origin of light? and the solution of it has been...

It was in old days, with our learned men, an interesting and oft-investigated question, What is the origin of light? and the solution of it has been...

It was in old days, with our learned men, an interesting and oft-investigated question, What is the origin of light? and the solution of it has been...