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

[Otto]

Well, not necessarily by heart but close to.

But your interpretation is indeed very good, looked at it this way I pretty
much agree.
A fascinating reading, thanks . . . y = x2

Otto

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To: <ottosell at yahoo.de>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: MDDM Ch.72 A Slouch Hat..."Well met"

>
> 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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