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Mason & Dixon - Part 3 - Chapter 78: America Invisible (Audio Version) (opens the original)
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In the final moments of Mason and Dixon’s life, the story attempts to answer a few final questions in hopes of making sense of this all.Text Available Here Read more
Mason & Dixon - Part 3 - Chapter 78: America Invisible (opens the original)
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Audio Available HereThe night has grown late in the LeSpark’s house. The story begins wrapping up as Tenebræ sleeps and as other members rise and fall from their own slumbers. They ponder over why Mason may have gone back to America with his family, an event which occurred some ambiguous time in the mid-1780s. Each member has their own theories as to what led to this departure: plagues in England at the time, the fear of Rebekah’s ghost, pure madness itself. Each of these, or some combination th
19 - Plato (7) - Sophist: The Wise and the Insincere (opens the original)
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Through this project, a number of source texts from various so-called Sophists have been analyzed. We have looked at Protagoras and his notoriety for teaching wealthy politicians to make the weaker argument the stronger. We have seen how Gorgias taught similar students the art of speech so to alter the minds or beliefs of the listeners. We have seen Prodicus and his expertise in defining words and language as a whole. We have seen Hippias and his apparent knowledge of all topics. We have seen An
Mason & Dixon - Part 3 - Chapter 77: Last Meetings (Audio Version) (opens the original)
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A few brief scenes of the last visits between Mason and Dixon over about a five-year period.Text Available Here Read more
Mason & Dixon - Part 3 - Chapter 77: Last Meetings (opens the original)
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Audio Available HereA year or so later, Mason and Dixon meet again. Signs of age and illness plague them both. Dixon’s gout has begun affecting him more than ever, and Mason’s dreams have been giving him inescapable terrors. The toll of their participation in the American project has thus affected them both physically and mentally — a curse, of sorts. The gout, likely produced by Dixon’s excessive consumption of foods and alcohol during their journey, has come back to bite him, just as any exces
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