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through a third dimension and set him down outside of his square without his comprehending in the least by what operation this miraculous result was accomplished. Similarly, if some of us were locked in an air-tight room we could never get out until an opening were made in one of the six bounding surfaces. But, analogy says that a fourdimensional being might pass us through the fourth dimension and set us on the outside of the room without disturbing any of the bounding walls.
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In a line, nothing can be rotated. In a plane, rotation takes place around a point. In three dimensions, rotation takes place around a line. In four dimensions, therefore, rotation takes place around a plane. If a two-dimensional being were asked to turn m into coincidence with n in Fig. 7,

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he would be unable to do so. A three-dimensional being, however, would simply turn m halfway over, through the third dimension, about the side 1, after which he could easily slide it over n. Similarly, considering our hands, we cannot manipulate them in any way so as to make them coincide. But a four-dimensional being, by rotating one hand half way around about a plane can effect the coincidence easily. Two one-dimensional beings living on the same line might know themselves to be miles apart, yet they might in the twinkling of an eye be placed face to face if the line were bent into a circle. Two two-dimensional beings might be miles apart on the surface common to their existence. Yet it is conceivable that a three-dimensional being might bend their surface so as to bring them suddenly together. Two friends may know themselves to be separated by half the world. Yet it is possible for a four-dimensional being to bend their space of three dimensions so as to bring them suddenly into each other's presence.2
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Relative to the evidences of a fourth dimension, it may be stated that, as yet, nothing is known which points with any great degree of certainty to its existence.

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