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Literary Lapses
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Stephen Leacock
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He
was
aware,
he
continued,
that
the
angles
at
the
base
of
an
isosceles
triangle
are
extremely
equal,
but
he
must
remind
the
Government
that
the
Church
had
been
aware
of
this
for
several
years
past.
He
was
willing
also
to
admit
that
the
opposite
sides
and
ends
of
a
parallelogram
are
equal,
but
he
thought
that
such
admission
should
be
coupled
with
a
distinct
recognition
of
the
existence
of
a
Supreme
Being.
The
Leader
of
the
Government
accepted
His
Grace's
amendment
with
pleasure.
He
considered
it
the
brightest
amendment
His
Grace
had
made
that
week.
The
Government,
he
said,
was
aware
of
the
intimate
relation
in
which
His
Grace
stood
to
the
bottom
end
of
a
parallelogram
and
was
prepared
to
respect
it.
Lord
Halifax
rose
to
offer
a
further
amendment.
He
thought
the
present
case
was
one
in
which
the
"four-fifths"
clause
ought
to
apply:
he
should
wish
it
stated
that
the
angles
are
equal
for
two
days
every
week,
except
in
the
case
of
schools
where
four-fifths
of
the
parents
are
conscientiously
opposed
to
the
use
of
the
isosceles
triangle.
The
Leader
of
the
Government
thought
the
amendment
a
singularly
pleasing
one.
He
accepted
it
and
would
like
it
understood
that
the
words
isosceles
triangle
were
not
meant
in
any
offensive
sense.
Lord
Rosebery
spoke
at
some
length.
He
considered
the
clause
unfair
to
Scotland,
where
the
high
state
of
morality
rendered
education
unnecessary.
Unless
an
amendment
in
this
sense
was
accepted,
it
might
be
necessary
to
reconsider
the
Act
of
Union
of
1707.
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