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Parallel lines are everywhere equidistant. This Postulate is equivalent to the Parallel Axiom.
References
Dunham, W.  ``Hippocrates' Quadrature of the Lune.''  Ch. 1 in 
  Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics.  New York: Wiley, p. 54, 1990.