My vision of the Mostal has always been that of the scientists described in the Baroque cycle - confident that there is an underlying order to the universe, industriously working to discover it. Can't remember the name of the scientist who is working on the coding system which will assign a number ot every concept in the Universe.
Either the notion resonates with you or it doesn't.
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Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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> On Feb 7, 2005, at 6:21 PM, Mark Wallace wrote:
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> > As far as I'm concerned, Neal Stephenson has already documented the
> > Mostali culture in the Baroque cycle.
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> OK Mark, I'll bite. I'm 2/3 through this series and I don't have the
> slightest idea what you're talking about.
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> Mike Dawson
> http://differentcomputers.com/differentgames/
> "God willing," one man says, "that'll be the last one."
> "Do you mean, sir, the last witch?" Enoch asks.
> "I mean, sir, the last hanging." -- Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver
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