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What, say some, has the knowledge of the way to
describe an equilateral triangle on a given straight
line got to do with pleading in the law-courts or
speaking in the senate? Will an acquaintance with
the names and intervals of the notes of the lyre help
an orator to defend a criminal or direct the policy
of his country?
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