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Stranger. From Space, from Space, Sir: whence 

 else? 



/. Pardon me, my Lord, but is not your Lordship 

 already in Space, your Lordship and his humble serv- 

 ant, even at this moment? 



Stranger. Pooh! what do you know of Space? De- 

 fine Space. 



7. Space, my Lord, is height and breadth indefinitely 

 prolonged. 



Stranger. Exactly: you see you do not even know 

 what Space is. You think it is of Two Dimensions only; 

 but I have come to announce to you a Third height, 

 breadth, and length. 



7. Your Lordship is pleased to be merry. We also 

 speak of length and height, or breadth and thickness, 

 thus denoting Two Dimensions by four names. 



Stranger. But I mean not only three names, but 

 Three Dimensions. 



7. Would your Lordship indicate or explain to me 

 in what direction is the Third Dimension, unknown to 

 me? 



Stranger. I came from it. It is up above and down 

 below. 



7. My Lord means seemingly that it is Northward 

 and Southward. 



Stranger. I mean nothing of the kind. I mean a 

 direction in which you cannot look, because you have no 

 eye in your side. 



7. Pardon me, my Lord, a moment's inspection will 

 convince your Lordship that I have a perfect luminary 

 at the juncture of two of my sides. 



Stranger. Yes: but in order to see into Space you 

 ought to have an eye, not on your Perimeter, but on 

 your side, that is, on what you would probably call 



