I come across things that are bent; I come across things that are more straight, more and more straight.

我遇见过弯的东西,我碰到过更直的东西,越来越直的东西

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Can't my mind take off from there and push straight ahead to the idea of the perfectly straight, even if I never have encountered it before?

即使我之前没有直接碰到过,难道我的心灵不能借此来推断出,完美的直线是什么样子的吗

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