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  Whatcomfortedhismisapprehension?

  Thatasacompetentkeylesscitizenhehadproceededenergeticallyfromtheunknowntotheknownthroughtheincertitudeofthevoid。

  Inwhatorderofprecedence,withwhatattendantceremonywastheexodusfromthehouseofbondagetothewildernessofinhabitationeffected?LightedCandleinStickbornebyBLOOM。

  DiaconalHatonAshplantbornebySTEPHEN。

  Withwhatintonationsecretoofwhatcommemorativepsalm?

  The113th,modusperegrinus:InexituIsraëldeEgypto:domusJacobdepopulobarbaro。

  Whatdideachdoatthedoorofegress?

  Bloomsetthecandlestickonthefloor。Stephenputthehatonhishead。

  Forwhatcreaturewasthedoorofegressadoorofingress?

  Foracat。

  Whatspectacleconfrontedthemwhenthey,firstthehost,thentheguest,emergedsilently,doublydark,fromobscuritybyapassagefromtherereofthehouseintothepenumbraofthegarden?

  Theheaventreeofstarshungwithhumidnightbluefruit。

  WithwhatmeditationsdidBloomaccompanyhisdemonstrationtohiscompanionofvariousconstellations?

  Meditationsofevolutionincreasinglyvaster:ofthemooninvisibleinincipentlunation,approachingperigee:oftheinfinitelattiginousscintillatinguncondensedmilkyway,discerniblebydaylightbyanobserverplacedatthelowerendofacylindricalverticalshaft5000ftdeepsunkfromthesurfacetowardsthecentreoftheearth:ofSiriusalphainCanisMajor10lightyears57,000,000,000,000milesdistantandinvolume900

  timesthedimensionofourplanet:ofArcturus:oftheprecessionofequinoxes:

  ofOrionwithbeltandsextuplesunthetaandnebulainwhich100ofoursolarsystemscouldbecontained:ofmoribundandofnascentnewstarssuchasNovain1901:ofoursystemplungingtowardstheconstellationofHercules:oftheparallaxorparallacticdriftofsocalledfixedstars,inrealityevermovingfromimmeasurablyremoteeonstoinfinitelyremotefuturesincomparisonwithwhichtheyears,threescoreandten,ofallottedhumanlifeformedaparenthesisofinfinitesimalbrevity。

  Werethereobversemeditationsofinvolutionincreasinglylessvast?

  Oftheeonsofgeologicalperiodsrecordedinthestratificationsoftheearth:ofthemyriadminuteentomologicalorganicexistencesconcealedincavitiesoftheearth,beneathremovablestones,inhivesandmounds,ofmicrobes,germs,bacteria,bacilli,spermatozoa:oftheincalculabletrillionsofbillionsofmillionsofimperceptiblemoleculescontainedbycohesionofmolecularaffinityinasinglepinhead:oftheuniverseofhumanserumconstellatedwithredandwhitebodies,themselvesuniversesofvoidspaceconstellatedwithotherbodies,each,incontinuity,itsuniverseofdivisiblecomponentbodiesofwhicheachwasagaindivisibleindivisionsofredivisiblecomponentbodies,dividendsanddivisorseverdiminishingwithoutactualdivisiontill,iftheprogresswerecarriedfarenough,noughtnowherewasneverreached。

  Whydidhenotelaboratethesecalculationstoamorepreciseresult?

  Becausesomeyearspreviouslyin1886whenoccupiedwiththeproblemofthequadratureofthecirclehehadlearnedoftheexistenceofanumbercomputedtoarelativedegreeofaccuracytobeofsuchmagnitudeandofsomanyplaces,e。g。,the9thpowerofthe9thpowerof9,that,theresulthavingbeenobtained,33closelyprintedvolumesof1000pageseachofinnumerablequiresandreamsofIndiapaperwouldhavetoberequisitionedinordertocontainthecompletetaleofitsprintedintegersofunits,tens,hundreds,thousands,tensofthousands,hundredsofthousands,millions,tensofmillions,hundredsofmillions,billions,thenucleusofthenebulaofeverydigitofeveryseriescontainingsuccinctlythepotentialityofbeingraisedtotheutmostkineticelaborationofanypowerofanyofitspowers。

  Didhefindtheproblemoftheinhabitabilityoftheplanetsandtheirsatellitesbyarace,giveninspecies,andofthepossiblesocialandmoralredemptionofsaidracebyaredeemer,easierofsolution?

  Ofadifferentorderofdifficulty。Consciousthatthehumanorganism,normallycapableofsustaininganatmosphericpressureof19tons,whenelevatedtoaconsiderablealtitudeintheterrestrialatmospheresufferedwitharithmeticalprogressionofintensity,accordingasthelineofdemarcationbetweentroposphereandstratospherewasapproximated,fromnasalhemorrhage,impededrespirationandvertigo,whenproposingthisproblemforsolutionhehadconjecturedasaworkinghypothesiswhichcouldnotbeprovedimpossiblethatamoreadaptableanddifferentlyanatomicallyconstructedraceofbeingsmightsubsistotherwiseunderMartian,Mercurial,Veneral,Jovian,Saturnian,NeptunianorUraniansufficientandequivalentconditions,thoughanapogeanhumanityofbeingscreatedinvaryingformswithfinitedifferencesresultingsimilartothewholeandtooneanotherwouldprobablythereashereremaininalterablyandinalienablyattachedtovanities,tovanitiesofvanitiesandallthatisvanity。

  Andtheproblemofpossibleredemption?

  Theminorwasprovedbythemajor。

  Whichvariousfeaturesoftheconstellationswereinturnconsidered?

  Thevariouscolourssignificantofvariousdegreesofvitalitywhite,yellow,crimson,vermilion,cinnabar:theirdegreesofbrilliancy:theirmagnitudesrevealeduptoandincludingthe7th:theirpositions:thewaggoner’sstar:Walsinghamway:thechariotofDavid:theannularcincturesofSaturn:

  thecondensationofspiralnebulaeintosuns:theinterdependentgyrationsofdoublesuns:theindependentsynchronousdiscoveriesofGalileo,SimonMarius,Piazzi,LeVerrier,Herschel,Galle:thesystematisationsattemptedbyBodeandKeplerofcubesofdistancesandsquaresoftimesofrevolution:

  thealmostinfinitecompressibilityofhirsutecometsandtheirvastellipticalegressiveandreentrantorbitsfromperiheliontoaphelion:thesiderealoriginofmeteoricstones:theLibyanfloodsonMarsabouttheperiodofthebirthoftheyoungerastroscopist:theannualrecurrenceofmeteoricshowersabouttheperiodofthefeastofS。Lawrencemartyr,10August:

  themonthlyrecurrenceknownasthenewmoonwiththeoldmooninherarms:

  thepositedinfluenceofcelestialonhumanbodies:theappearanceofastar1stmagnitudeofexceedingbrilliancydominatingbynightanddayanewluminoussungeneratedbythecollisionandamalgamationinincandescenceoftwononluminousexsunsabouttheperiodofthebirthofWilliamShakespeareoverdeltaintherecumbentneversettingconstellationofCassiopeiaandofastar2ndmagnitudeofsimilaroriginbutlesserbrilliancywhichhadappearedinanddisappearedfromtheconstellationoftheCoronaSeptentrionalisabouttheperiodofthebirthofLeopoldBloomandofotherstarsofpresumably

  similaroriginwhichhadeffectivelyorpresumablyappearedinanddisappearedfromtheconstellationofAndromedaabouttheperiodofthebirthofStephenDedalus,andinandfromtheconstellationofAurigasomeyearsafterthebirthanddeathofRudolphBloom,junior,andinandfromotherconstellationssomeyearsbeforeorafterthebirthordeathofotherpersons:theattendantphenomenaofeclipses,solarandlunar,fromimmersiontoemersion,abatementofwind,transitofshadow,taciturnityofwingedcreatures,emergenceofnocturnalorcrepuscularanimals,persistenceofinfernallight,obscurityofterrestrialwaters,pallorofhumanbeings。

  HisBloom’slogicalconclusion,havingweighedthematterandallowingforpossibleerror?

  Thatitwasnotaheaventree,notaheavengrot,notaheavenbeast,notaheavenman。ThatitwasaUtopia,therebeingnoknownmethodfromtheknowntotheunknown:aninfinity,renderableequallyfinitebythesuppositionsprobableappositionofoneormorebodiesequallyofthesameandofdifferentmagnitudes:amobilityofillusoryformsimmobilisedinspace,remobilisedinair:apastwhichpossiblyhadceasedtoexistasapresentbeforeitsfuturespectatorshadenteredactualpresentexistence。

  Washemoreconvincedoftheestheticvalueofthespectacle?

  Indubitablyinconsequenceofthereiteratedexamplesofpoetsinthedeliriumofthefrenzyofattachmentorintheabasementofrejectioninvokingardentsympatheticconstellationsorthefrigidityofthesatelliteoftheirplanet。

  Didhethenacceptasanarticleofbeliefthetheoryofastrologicalinfluencesuponsublunarydisasters?

  Itseemedtohimaspossibleofproofasofconfutationandthenomenclatureemployedinitsselenographicalchartsasattributabletoverifiableintuitionastofallaciousanalogy:thelakeofdreams,theseaofrains,thegulfofdews,theoceanoffecundity。

  Whatspecialaffinitiesappearedtohimtoexistbetweenthemoonandwoman?

  Herantiquityinprecedingandsurvivingsuccessivetelluriangenerations:

  hernocturnalpredominance:hersatelliticdependence:herluminaryreflection:

  herconstancyunderallherphases,rising,andsettingbyherappointedtimes,waxingandwaning:theforcedinvariabilityofheraspect:herindeterminateresponsetoinaffirmativeinterrogation:herpotencyovereffluentandrefluentwaters:herpowertoenamour,tomortify,toinvestwithbeauty,torenderinsane,toincitetoandaiddelinquency:thetranquilinscrutabilityofhervisage:theterribilityofherisolateddominantimplacableresplendentpropinquity:heromensoftempestandofcalm:thestimulationofherlight,hermotionandherpresence:theadmonitionofhercraters,heraridseas,hersilence:hersplendour,whenvisible:herattraction,wheninvisible。

  WhatvisibleluminoussignattractedBloom’s,whoattractedStephen’sgaze?

  InthesecondstoreyrereofhisBloom’shousethelightofaparaffinoillampwithobliqueshadeprojectedonascreenofrollerblindsuppliedbyFrankO’Hara,windowblind,curtainpoleandrevolvingshuttermanufacturer,16Aungierstreet。

  Howdidheelucidatethemysteryofaninvisibleperson,hiswifeMarionMollyBloom,denotedbyavisiblesplendidsign,alamp?

  Withindirectanddirectverbalallusionsoraffirmations:withsubduedaffectionandadmiration:withdescription:withimpediment:withsuggestion。

  Boathenweresilent?

  Silent,eachcontemplatingtheotherinbothmirrorsofthereciprocalfleshoftheirhisnothisfellowfaces。

  Weretheyindefinitelyinactive?

  AtStephen’ssuggestion,atBloom’sinstigationboth,firstStephen,thenBloom,inpenumbraurinated,theirsidescontiguous,theirorgansofmicturitionreciprocallyrenderedinvisiblebymanualcircumposition,theirgazes,firstBloom’s,thenStephen’s,elevatedtotheprojectedluminousandsemiluminousshadow。

  Similarly?

  Thetrajectoriesoftheir,firstsequent,thensimultaneous,urinationsweredissimilar:Bloom’slonger,lessirruent,intheincompleteformofthebifurcatedpenultimatealphabeticalletterwhoinhisultimateyearatHighSchool1880hadbeencapableofattainingthepointofgreatestaltitudeagainstthewholeconcurrentstrengthoftheinstitution,210

  scholars:Stephen’shigher,moresibilant,whointheultimatehoursofthepreviousdayhadaugmentedbydiureticconsumptionaninsistentvesicalpressure。

  Whatdifferentproblemspresentedthemselvestoeachconcerningtheinvisibleaudiblecollateralorganoftheother?

  ToBloom:theproblemsofirritability,tumescence,rigidity,reactivity,dimension,sanitariness,pelosity。ToStephen:theproblemofthesacerdotalintegrityofJesuscircumcised1stJanuary,holidayofobligationtohearmassandabstainfromunnecessaryservileworkandtheproblemastowhetherthedivineprepuce,thecarnalbridalringoftheholyRomancatholicapostolicchurch,conservedinCalcata,weredeservingofsimplehyperdulyorofthefourthdegreeoflatriaaccordedtotheabscissionofsuchdivineexcrescencesashairandtoenails。

  Whatcelestialsignwasbybothsimultaneouslyobserved?

  AstarprecipitatedwithgreatapparentvelocityacrossthefirmamentfromVegaintheLyreabovethezenithbeyondthestargroupoftheTressofBerenicetowardsthezodiacalsignofLeo。

  Howdidthecentripetalremaineraffordegresstothecentrifugaldeparter?

  Byinsertingthebarrelofanarruginatedmalekeyintheholeofanunstablefemalelock,obtainingapurchaseonthebowofthekeyandturningitswardsfromrighttoleft,withdrawingaboltfromitsstaple,pullinginwardspasmodicallyanobsolescentunhingeddoorandrevealinganapertureforfreeegressandfreeingress。

  Howdidtheytakeleave,oneoftheother,inseparation?

  Standingperpendicularatthesamedoorandondifferentsidesofitsbase,thelinesoftheirvaledictoryarms,meetingatanypointandforminganyanglelessthanthesumoftworightangles。

  Whatsoundaccompaniedtheunionoftheirtangent,thedisunionoftheirrespectivelycentrifugalandcentripetalhands?

  ThesoundofthepealofthehourofthenightbythechimeofthebellsinthechurchofSaintGeorge。

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