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Independent researcher & author (indieresearch.net). Collaborating with consulting and academic institutions. Former Exec. in R&D. 

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Shadows Of The Coming Race (1879)
Francisco Jariego3y10

Thank you very much for your comments... and clues.

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Shadows Of The Coming Race (1879)
Francisco Jariego3y40

Wow. I love this short story by G. Eliot, and it's nice to find it here. Just a question, maybe you can help...

I have a translation to Spanish (not yet published), and I have a doubt with this (to me cryptic reference): 

by this unerringly directed discharge operating on movements corresponding to what we call Estimates, and by necessary mechanical consequence on movements corresponding to what we call the Funds, which with a vain analogy we sometimes speak of as "sensitive."

Do you know what she means/alludes with "Estimates" "Funds"?

BTW, My take on the origin of this story is that it is a reference to Bulwer-Lytton's novel Vril (The Coming Race, 1871)

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