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Justice to others and to ourselves is the same that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square, but must fill with them the great circle traced by the compasses

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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
Lawyer
Boston
Massachusetts
A. Pike
Mathematical
Duties
Duty
Square
Lines
Compass
Justice
Squares
Others
Circle
Cannot
Define
Compasses
Must
Fill
Traced
Great
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