“ Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning. ”
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (1876). copy citation
| Author | George Eliot |
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| Source | Daniel Deronda |
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| Date | 1876 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7469/pg7469-images.html |
Context
“MEETING STREAMS " III. MAIDENS CHOOSING " IV. GWENDOLEN GETS HER CHOICE " V. MORDECAI " VI. REVELATIONS " VII. THE MOTHER AND THE SON " VIII. FRUIT AND SEED DANIEL DERONDA. BOOK I.—THE SPOILED CHILD. CHAPTER I. Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning. Even science, the strict measurer, is obliged to start with a make-believe unit, and must fix on a point in the stars' unceasing journey when his sidereal clock shall pretend that time is at Nought.”
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