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# Edwin Abbott Abbott

(1838–1926)   Science Fiction Writer

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Edwin Abbott Abbott was a science fiction writer.

## Quick Facts About Edwin Abbott Abbott

Born December 20, 1838

Died October 12, 1926

Profession Science Fiction Writer

## About Edwin Abbott Abbott

British theologian and author (1838-1926)... \| Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).

##  Quotes by Edwin Abbott Abbott

> [ “\[W\]alking sometimes in a perfectly desolate plain where there have been no houses nor trees to guide me, I have been occasionally… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-abbott-abbott/w-alking-sometimes-in-a-perfectly-desolate-plain-where-there-have/)

Edwin Abbott Abbott

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> [“Yet mark his perfect self-contentment, and hence learn his lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-abbott-abbott/yet-mark-his-perfect-self-contentment-and-hence-learn-his-lesson-that/)

Edwin Abbott Abbott

[Contentment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contentment/)

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> [“Attend to your Configuration.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-abbott-abbott/attend-to-your-configuration/)

Edwin Abbott Abbott

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/edwin-abbott-abbott-73338_satire_attend-to-your-configuration-1403330_1403330.jpg)

> [“To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, ans that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impoitently happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-abbott-abbott/to-be-self-contented-is-to-be-vile-and-ignorant-ans-that-to-aspire-is/)

Edwin Abbott Abbott

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