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Americans there, then, exist independently. All status is more or less equal. A century later, Alexis de Tocqueville will write of the awareness by others--status consciousness-- in society | Americans there, then, exist independently. All status is more or less equal. A century later, Alexis de Tocqueville will write of the awareness by others--status consciousness-- in society | ||
as a defining trait of Americans. | as a defining trait of Americans. | ||
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'''common acquaintance but lately withdrawn'''<br> | '''common acquaintance but lately withdrawn'''<br> | ||
The absent God, again. | The absent God, again. | ||
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Contents
Page 125
against the Day swelling near
just note.
whiten'd Rock Walls
White is the color of the buildings in the Columbian Exposition in ATD. White is usually the color of the elite in ATD. Also Cf. The White Visitation in GR.
James's Town
No curfew, everyone full of a good time, ruled by the moon. A Pynchon 'paradise". "Not Cape Town".
Page 129
no one here knows how he appears to anyone else
Americans there, then, exist independently. All status is more or less equal. A century later, Alexis de Tocqueville will write of the awareness by others--status consciousness-- in society
as a defining trait of Americans.
Page 132
violent explosion
Internal metpahor re America? Founded with violence, as many including D.H.Lawrence famously emphasised, which can erupt again at any moment?
Page 139
common acquaintance but lately withdrawn
The absent God, again.
