MDDM Ch. 68

[Otto]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:42 PM
Subject: MDDM Ch. 68
> 
> 663.23 Cheat is the Rubicon, Monongahela is the Styx
> 
> http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/r/rubicon.asp
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> http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/s/styx.asp
> 

663.23 `Cheat is the Rubicon, Monongahela is the Styx.' The 
Monongahela crosses the line about 20 miles beyond the Western border 
of Maryland, Cheat a few miles earlier. The comparisons are telling: 
the Rubicon once crossed, alea jacta est, no turning back; crossing 
the Styx leads to Death.
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