. . . . "page 2 of 121 (01%) PART 1THIS WORLDSECTION 1 Of the Nature of FlatlandI call our world Flatland, not because we call it so,but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers,who are privileged to live in Space.Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines,Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures,instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about,on or in" .