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           ThechairoftheresidentindeedstoodvacantbeforethehearthbutoneitherflankofitthefigureofBannoninexplorer’skitoftweedshortsandsaltedcowhidebroguescontrastedsharplywiththeprimroseeleganceandtownbredmannersofMalachiRolandStJohnMulligan.LastlyattheheadoftheboardwastheyoungpoetwhofoundarefugefromhislaboursofpedagogyandmetaphysicalinquisitionintheconvivialatmosphereofSocraticdiscussion,whiletorightandleftofhimwereaccommodatedtheflippantprognosticator,freshfromthehippodrome,andthatvigilantwanderer,soiledbythedustoftravelandcombatandstainedbythemireofanindelibledishonour,butfromwhosesteadfastandconstantheartnolureorperilorthreatordegradationcouldevereffacetheimageofthatvoluptuouslovelinesswhichtheinspiredpencilofLafayettehaslimnedforagesyettocome.

           IthadbetterbestatedhereandnowattheoutsetthatthepervertedtranscendentalismtowhichMrS.Dedalus’(Div.Scep.)contentionswouldappeartoprovehimprettybadlyaddictedrunsdirectlycountertoacceptedscientificmethods.Science,itcannotbetoooftenrepeated,dealswithtangiblephenomena.Themanofsciencelikethemaninthestreethastofacehardheadedfactsthatcannotbeblinkedandexplainthemasbesthecan.Theremaybe,itistrue,somequestionswhichsciencecannotanswer—atpresent—suchasthefirstproblemsubmittedbyMrL.Bloom(Pubb.Canv.)regardingthefuturedeterminationofsex.