Will any man love the daughter if he has not loved the mother?
 James Joyce, Ulysses (1922). copy citation

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Author James Joyce
Source Ulysses
Topic love mother
Date 1922
Language English
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Context

“—Marina, Stephen said, a child of storm, Miranda, a wonder, Perdita, that which was lost. What was lost is given back to him: his daughter’s child. My dearest wife, Pericles says, was like this maid. Will any man love the daughter if he has not loved the mother? —The art of being a grandfather, Mr Best gan murmur. L’art d’être grand... —Will he not see reborn in her, with the memory of his own youth added, another image? Do you know what you are talking about?” source