I should almost therefore put forward the proposal that the third hypothsis (angle sum of a triangle less … - Johann Heinrich Lambert

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There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly.

Johann Heinrich Lambert

I should almost therefore put forward the proposal that the third hypothsis (angle sum of a triangle less than two right angles) holds on the surface of an imaginary sphere.

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