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Book III   Proposition 24
For, if the segment AEB be applied to CFD, and if
    the point A be placed on C
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    the straight line AB on CD,
    the point B will also coincide with the point D, because AB is equal to CD;

and, AB coinciding with CD,
the segment AEB will also coincide with CFD.
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