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‘The last act of Don Giovanni is not deducible from electrons, molecules, or even from cells & entire organs. In relation to these physical, chemical, & biological worlds it is simply a non sequitur—our universe is composed of a series of such non sequiturs. The—reason for supposing—any connection between the logically & scientifically unrelated fragments of our experience is simply—fragments in our consciousness—’

‘After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. By mysterious analogy—evokes in the mind of the listener, sometimes the phantom of these experiences, sometimes even the experiences themselves in their full force of life it is a question of intensity; the phantom is dim, the reality, near & burning. Music may call up either—The intermittences of the heart are subject to no known law.’