Providence

[LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu]

Paul Di Fillipo recalls:
"John from Providence's comment jogged my memory, and I recalled
the Providence mention in GR cuz I had once jotted it down,
_with page citation_!!!!  Wow, what foresight!  Anyhow, on page
537 of the trade paperback (Viking edition?), we find:  "like
Route One, where it passes through the heart of Providence..."
Aha--but what's the context?"


*Part* of the context is the several references to the term "Providence"
in GR--derived particularly from the Cavinist notion of the ineffable
grace of God, which is of course denied to the Preterite.

It's interesting that Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, had a 
somewhat more liberal view of these matters, and that Slothrop's witch
ancestor, Amy Sprue, rejected going to that haven of relative tolerance.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)