M&D new question

[Mark Kohut]

Maybe thinking, thinking.....many Plisters seem to wait and then post. 

Surface meaning is, of course, that the Revolution rendered the Line " meaningless" now. But we know that soon its resurrected ghost, so to speak, would have much new " meaning". the Line would be finished and reconfirmed in fact. 

I, too, was struck by the word " meaningless" here, yes so early. I got no further than thinking it is just an( other) irony from the master---it had more meaning in American history than about anything after the founding documents. 

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> On Jan 13, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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> No thoughts? dumb question? 
>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Joseph Tracy wrote:
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>> All the questions have been provocative, so I hope this won't be a complete dud. 
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>> One question/observation that jumped out at me in the introduction is the word meaningless to describe the completed M&D line in Cherrycokes introduction to the Mason Dixon story. It did not strike me on the first read how boldly the writer seems to be characterizing the endeavor at the very opening of the work. He seems himself to be drawing a line or at the very least posing a deep question about everything implied by that line. Was anyone else surprised at how early this question is set forth, or am I treading into the obvious?
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>> Even the word meaningless is provocative- both historically and metaphorically an odd choice to characterize something with such import. But it fits with Cherrycoke's probable attitude at this time. I don't know if I can defend that; I just feel it.-
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