NP: the real ending of The Great Gatsby, alluded to in Mason & Dixon and discussed hereon.

[Mark Kohut]

*Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel
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4/27/18, 6:12 PM
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@maggieNYT <https://twitter.com/maggieNYT> A lot of folks assume the last
line of Gatsby- beating on against the current - is a metaphor about a
rowboat. But if you’ve ever sailed in Long Island Sound, you know that
heading upwind - ie, beating - against the tidal current, when the breeze
is light...

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