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that such families of lines there are, and to write down the equations of some of them. Now, I argued, every such family of lines, no matter how complicated with twists and inequalities it may seem to be, really is in itself considered just as simple as any other; for nothing is true of any one which has not its precise analogue in every other. Their topical characters, which are the only characters of pure space regardless of those of the things or optical appearances it contains, are absolutely identical; and the only reason why rays, or limited straight lines, appear to us simpler is that our minds have been formed under the influence of vision; and the Ray is the Line of vision. But this argu-

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