by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot
Men can do nothing, without the...
Language: English
Men can do nothing, without the make-believe of a beginning... Even science....is obliged to start with a make-believe unit... And must fix on a point in the stars’ unceasing journey.... And pretend that time is Nought. ... Since science...reckons backwards as well as forward... Divides his unit into billions... and with his finger set at Nought really sets off in medias res.
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- by Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), as George Eliot, no title, appears in Daniel Deronda [novel] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "In Medias Res" [ voice and piano ], from The Other Side of Silence, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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