MDDM Ch.72 A Slouch Hat..."Well met"

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Mon Sep 2 17:08:34 CDT 2002


In a message dated 9/2/02 5:06:05 AM, ottosell at yahoo.de writes:

<< Aren't we in the 18th Century?


Otto

 >>

Yes and no, Otto, yes and no...

Which is why I thought "visitation" might be a good
term for this fellow's appearance. Consider, for a 
moment, that this is St. Vincent, 100 years gone,
returning now for a chat. And what does the good
Father choose to speak of, salvation? heavenly angels?
No! Rather, Analytical Geometry- the very foundation
on which the calculus and modern analysis were built.

[700.18]

    In an onset of Turning-Evil, Mason imagines
    the Streets full of Row-Houses multiplying
    like loaves and fishes, whirling past like spokes
    of a Giant Wheel, whose convergence or Hub,
    beyond some disputable Prelude to Radiance, 
    he cannot make out.

cf. {706.01]

    As all History must converge...

Again, [705.08]

    "...as the center of circle is invisible, yet with
    Compasses and Straight-Edge may be found." 

and Rev'd [721.07]

    May we not, in the Domain of Zero to One Second
    of Arc, find ways to measure even That Which we
    cannot,- may not,- see?

and from GR, beginning with [722.22]- but I am positive
you know those lines by heart. 

regards 



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