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a straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points - an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics.

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Maria Edgeworth
Age: 81 †
Born: 1768
Born: January 1
Died: 1849
Died: May 22
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Oxon.
Eliza Edgeworth
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Equally
True
Points
Two
Straight
Mathematics
Morality
Axiom
Line
Axioms
Lines
Shortest
Possible
Morals

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