Upward, not Northward Autore: Edwin A. Abbott Copy Quote More from Edwin A. Abbott “[W]alking sometimes in a perfectly desolate plain where there have been no hous…” “Behold yon miserable creature. That Point is a Being like ourselves, but confin…” “...learn this lesson, that to be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, and…” “My Lord, you own wisdom has taught me to aspire to One even more great, more be…”