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           WhatrenderedproblematicforBloomtherealisationofthesemutuallyselfexcludingpropositions?

           Theirreparabilityofthepast:onceataperformanceofAlbertHengler’scircusintheRotunda,Rutlandsquare,Dublin,anintuitiveparticolouredclowninquestofpaternityhadpenetratedfromtheringtoaplaceintheauditoriumwhereBloom,solitary,wasseatedandhadpubliclydeclaredtoanexhilaratedaudiencethathe(Bloom)washis(theclown’s)papa.Theimprevidibilityofthefuture:onceinthesummerof1898he(Bloom)hadmarkedaflorin(2/-)withthreenotchesonthemillededgeandtendereditinpaymentofanaccountduetoandreceivedbyJ.andT.Davy,familygrocers,1CharlemontMall,GrandCanal,forcirculationonthewatersofcivicfinance,forpossible,circuitousordirect,return.

           WastheclownBloom’sson?

           No.

           HadBloom’scoinreturned?

           Never.

           Whywouldarecurrentfrustrationthemoredepresshim?

           Becauseatthecriticalturningpointofhumanexistencehedesiredtoamendmanysocialconditions,theproductofinequalityandavariceandinternationalanimosity.