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[t]he 47th proposition in euclid might now be voted down with as much ease as any proposition in politics; and therefore if lord hawkesbury hates the abstract truths of science as much as he hates concrete truth in human affairs, now is his time for getting rid of the multiplication table, and passing a vote of censure upon the pretensions of the hypotenuse.
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[t]he 47th Proposition In Euclid Might Now

Sydney Smith
[t]he 47th proposition in euclid might now be voted down with as much ease as any proposition in politics; and therefore if lord hawkesbury hates the abstract truths of science as much as he hates concrete truth in human affairs, now is his time for getting rid of the multiplication table, and passing a vote of censure upon the pretensions of the hypotenuse.
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