MDMD(7) Ley Lines

Doug Millison millison at online-journalist.com
Thu Sep 4 12:04:26 CDT 1997


At 12:10 PM 8/29/97, andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk wrote:
>219.17 `The Romans [. . .] were preoccupied with conveying
>Force, be it hydraulic or military,-- along straight Lines So,
>what's changed.

It seems to me that Emerson is contrasting the straight Roman lines with
the older, natural Ley Lines. Looking forward to the American adventure to
come, I 'm tempted to equate this reference to the Roman  "straight Lines"
with the evil Visto straight line.

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