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Book I   Proposition 8
For, if
    the triangle ABC be applied to the triangle DEF,
and if
    the point B be placed on the point E and the straight line BC on EF,
    the point C will also coincide with F, because BC is equal to EF.

Then, BC coinciding with EF,
BA, AC will also coincide with ED, DF;
for, if
    the base BC coincides with the base EF, and the sides BA, AC do not coincide with ED, DF but fall beside them as EG, GF,
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