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CHAPTER 45.

Literally the second quotation reads:

"Greatest straightness is like a curve,
Greatest skill is like awkwardness,
Greatest eloquence is like stammering."

The first line reminds us of modern geometry where the straight line may be regarded as a curve of an infinitely small curvature. Cf. note on Chapter 41.


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