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July 2025

Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 21: Off the Beaten Path
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 21: On Water, a Picnic with Rebekah, Stonehenge, Goodbyes to Family, Excusing Colonization, Mun Maskelyne's…
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Andrew H.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 20: Flour and Stardust
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 20: Mason Returns Home, Plans for America, Thoughts on Labor, Mason's Childhood, Living Bread
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Andrew H.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 19: In Search of Lost Time
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 19: The George, from Julian to Gregorian, Macclesfield and Bradley, Mason's Defense of Power, the Natives of…
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Andrew H.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 18: Derealization
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 18: Back in England, Mason at Home, Bradley's Death, Remembering Rebekah and Susannah, Stealing Observations
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Andrew H.
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June 2025

Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 17: Inciting Events
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 17: The Jenkin's Ear Museum, the War of Jenkin's Ear, Paradise Lost, Back to England
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Andrew H.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 16: Allegory of Intemperance
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 16: The Cheese-Rolling Festival, Lusting After Susannah Peach, Saved by Rebekah, Back at Sandy Bay, Mason…
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Andrew H.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 15: Empty Bastions
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 15: Sandy Bay, Dieter, the Wind, Rebekah's Visit, Dixon Returns
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Andrew H.
Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 14: Hell Painted White
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 14: Dixon Attacked, The World's End, the Black Hole of Calcutta, Bonk, the Great Trek, Daughters of the End…
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Andrew H.
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May 2025

Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 13.2: A Paradox of Power
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 13.2: It's All Theater, Musings on Responsibility, Climate Change, Astrology,
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Andrew H.
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Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 13.1: Skin Deep Scrutiny
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 13.1: Conversations with Maskelyne, Mason's Naivité, Maskelyne's Hypersensitivity, Men on the Moon
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Andrew H.
Mason & Dixon - Part 1 - Chapter 12: The Many Faces of Time
Analysis of Mason & Dixon, Part 1 - Chapter 12: The Moon, Maskelyne's Birthday, the Clocks Discuss Time, Dixon Departs
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Andrew H.
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