Line Passing

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“When I had mapped the pond ... I laid a rule on the map lengthwise, and then breadthwise, and found, to my surprise, that the line of greatest length intersected the line of greatest breadth exactly at the point of greatest depth.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Before passing different laws for different people, I’d relinquish myself unto you as your slave.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)