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Ulysses

Because of his fluctuating incertitude as to whether this
observation had or had not been already made by him to
Stephen or by Stephen to him.
What two temperaments did they individually

represent?
The scientific. The artistic.
What proofs did Bloom adduce to prove that his
tendency was towards applied, rather than towards pure,
science?
Certain possible inventions of which he had cogitated
when reclining in a state of supine repletion to aid
digestion, stimulated by his appreciation of the importance
of inventions now common but once revolutionary, for
example, the aeronautic parachute, the reflecting
telescope, the spiral corkscrew, the safety pin, the mineral
water siphon, the canal lock with winch and sluice, the
suction pump.
Were these inventions principally intended for an
improved scheme of kindergarten?
Yes, rendering obsolete popguns, elastic airbladders,
games of hazard, catapults. They comprised astronomical
kaleidoscopes exhibiting the twelve constellations of the
zodiac from Aries to Pisces, miniature mechanical orreries,
arithmetical gelatine lozenges, geometrical to correspond

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